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SearchOpenSource: Running PostgreSQL in a Cross-Platform Environment

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 19, 2006

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“Many people consider PostgreSQL 8.0 to be a groundbreaking
release for the PostgreSQL project, calling it the first version to
include native Windows support. But while it did indeed take a
significant step in this direction, if you look a bit further you
will see that PostgreSQL 8.0 did not cover entirely new territory
so much as bring the final piece to the puzzle.

“PostgreSQL has actually had GUI clients available on the
Windows platform for a number of years, and the majority of the ERD
tools available for PostgreSQL run on Windows as well…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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