Ingres Project Initiated

Name: Ingres Project Initiated
Start: 1973-01-01
Location: University of California, Berkeley

Michael Stonebraker and Eugene Wong began the Ingres project, developing a relational database system based on relational calculus. Ingres would become a major predecessor and influence for POSTGRES.

Significance

Established Stonebraker's reputation in database research and laid the intellectual groundwork for POSTGRES by exploring relational database concepts.

Key facts

Date: 1973-01-01
Type: invention
Location: University of California, Berkeley