PostgreSQL 8.2 Closes The Gap

After more than a year of active development, the open source PostgreSQL 8.2 database is now available.

The release is an effort to close the gap on a performance and functionality basis between PostgreSQL and its competitive proprietary counterparts such as Oracle, IBM's DB2 and Microsoft's SQL Server.

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