Ingres Project Start

Michael Stonebraker's initial groundbreaking relational database project, Ingres, which later led to commercial success and inspired the need for a more advanced system.

Significance

Laid the foundation for Stonebraker's work and directly influenced the design principles and the eventual 'problem' that POSTGRES sought to solve.

Key facts

Date
1977-01-01
Type
invention
Location
University of California, Berkeley