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From: mfuhr@dimensional.com (Michael Fuhr)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Databases that runs on FreeBSD
Date: 21 Jan 1997 00:07:45 -0700
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j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) writes:

>kent@ekfido.kodak.com (Kent Schmeer x39301) wrote:

>> "can you recommend a database.  we need something of industrial
>> strength (we have over 150,000 registered users) that runs on
>> FREEBSD Unix. We also have a very small budget, due to being a
>> free service."

>Postgres 95 (or whatever it's named today)

...which is available at:

    http://www.postgresql.org/

I don't recall having any difficulty building it, but I recommend
reading INSTALL carefully before starting.  You'll need GNU make
for the build.
-- 
Michael Fuhr
http://www.dimensional.com/~mfuhr/