Re: illustra

Michael Aubury (maubury@csl.gov.uk) wrote: : I maybe wrong - but... : I'm sure that illustra's OODB is based aound a product called : POSTGRES, which is (I believe) freeware and which you can download : (including source) from the net... : I was just wondering how much informix paid for this leap in : technology.... Postgres may be found at s2k-ftp.cs.Berkeley.EDU. It is freely distributable, and you are more than welcome to download it for a look-see. Postgres is not exactly an OODB. Rather, its ambition was to retain as much of the Relational Model as it could, and extend it to deal efficiently with complex data. -- ===================================================================== Paul Brown ^..^ pbrown@postgres.Berkeley.EDU (oo) - Oink! #include <std_disclaimer.h> "Think global - act loco!" - Zippy the Pinhead =====================================================================