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From: Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 06:16:20 +0200
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Subject: Re: Quick questions about postgres name?
To: "Dan Mahoney (Gushi)" <postgres@gushi.org>
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Hi

=C3=BAt 23. 9. 2025 v 6:07 odes=C3=ADlatel Dan Mahoney (Gushi) <postgres@gu=
shi.org>
napsal:

> Hey there folks,
>
> The manual contains a "Brief History" of postgres and notes that the name
> Postgres was retained as an official name after Postgres95 added official
> SQL support, and because 95 wouldn't stand the test of time.
>
> It makes mention of the original professor who spearheaded the project
> under a DARPA grant, but it would probably do well to know where the name
> came from.
>
> If there's somewhere where this should be suggested, let me know.
>
> (Wikipedia has some of this history --
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingres_(database))
>

I wrote an article about PostgreSQL history
https://postgres.cz/wiki/Historie_projektu_PostgreSQL

It is in Czech language, but google translator almost works for translation
from Czech to English.

There is a list of used literature


> -Dan
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gma=
il_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">=C3=BAt 23. 9. 20=
25 v=C2=A06:07 odes=C3=ADlatel Dan Mahoney (Gushi) &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:po=
stgres@gushi.org">postgres@gushi.org</a>&gt; napsal:<br></div><blockquote c=
lass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px soli=
d rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hey there folks,<br>
<br>
The manual contains a &quot;Brief History&quot; of postgres and notes that =
the name <br>
Postgres was retained as an official name after Postgres95 added official <=
br>
SQL support, and because 95 wouldn&#39;t stand the test of time.<br>
<br>
It makes mention of the original professor who spearheaded the project <br>
under a DARPA grant, but it would probably do well to know where the name <=
br>
came from.<br>
<br>
If there&#39;s somewhere where this should be suggested, let me know.<br>
<br>
(Wikipedia has some of this history -- <br>
<a href=3D"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingres_(database)" rel=3D"noreferr=
er" target=3D"_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingres_(database)</a>)<=
br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I wrote an article about PostgreSQL his=
tory <a href=3D"https://postgres.cz/wiki/Historie_projektu_PostgreSQL">http=
s://postgres.cz/wiki/Historie_projektu_PostgreSQL</a>=C2=A0</div><div><br><=
/div><div>It is in Czech language, but google translator almost works for t=
ranslation from Czech to English.</div><div><br></div><div>There is a list =
of used literature</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class=3D"=
gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(20=
4,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<br>
-Dan<br>
<br>
-- <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div></div>

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