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Fix path to initdb in installation instructions.

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General cleanup for 7.0.
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Thomas G. Lockhart
2000-04-07 13:30:58 +00:00
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<!--
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/intro.sgml,v 1.10 2000/03/31 03:27:40 thomas Exp $
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/intro.sgml,v 1.11 2000/04/07 13:30:58 thomas Exp $
-->
<chapter id="intro">
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/intro.sgml,v 1.10 2000/03/31 03:27:40 thoma
<productname>Postgres release 4.2</productname></ulink>.
The <productname>Postgres</productname> project,
led by Professor Michael Stonebraker, was sponsored by the
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (<acronym>DARPA</acronym>), the
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
(<acronym>DARPA</acronym>), the
Army Research Office (<acronym>ARO</acronym>), the National Science
Foundation (<acronym>NSF</acronym>), and ESL, Inc.
</para>
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/intro.sgml,v 1.10 2000/03/31 03:27:40 thoma
models in part because of its "Spartan simplicity".
However, as mentioned, this simplicity often makes the
implementation of certain applications very difficult.
<productname>Postgres</productname> offers substantial additional
<productname>Postgres</productname> offers substantial additional
power by incorporating the following four additional
basic concepts in such a way that users can easily
extend the system:
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</para>
<para>
These features put <productname>Postgres</productname> into the category of databases
referred to as <firstterm>object-relational</firstterm>. Note that this is distinct
from those referred to as <firstterm>object-oriented</firstterm>, which in general
are not as well suited to supporting the traditional relational database languages.
So, although <productname>Postgres</productname> has some object-oriented features,
it is firmly in the relational database world. In fact, some commercial databases
have recently incorporated features pioneered by <productname>Postgres</productname>.
These features put <productname>Postgres</productname> into the
category of databases referred to as
<firstterm>object-relational</firstterm>. Note that this is distinct
from those referred to as <firstterm>object-oriented</firstterm>,
which in general are not as well suited to supporting the
traditional relational database languages.
So, although <productname>Postgres</productname> has some
object-oriented features, it is firmly in the relational database
world. In fact, some commercial databases have recently
incorporated features pioneered by <productname>Postgres</productname>.
</para>
</sect1>