POSTGRES Project Initiation

Name: POSTGRES Project Initiation
Start: 1986-01-01
Location: University of California, Berkeley

Dr. Michael Stonebraker and his team began the POSTGRES (POST-INGRES) project, aiming to develop a 'next-generation' database system with object-relational capabilities.

Significance

This marked the conceptual birth of what would become PostgreSQL, establishing the foundational object-relational ideas that set it apart.

Key facts

Date: 1986-01-01
Type: invention
Location: University of California, Berkeley