In the previous year, we had searched for PostgreSQL, and found that many people were recommending other databases, even though we were addressing user concerns as rapidly as possible. One year later, many people were recommending us to users who needed transaction support, complex queries, commercial-grade SQL support, complex data types, and reliability. Other databases were recommended when speed was the overriding concern. This more clearly portrayed our strengths. RedHat's shipment of PostgreSQL as part of their Linux distribution quickly multiplied our user base.
Every release is now a major improvement over the last.
Our upcoming 6.5 release marks the development team's final mastery of the source code we inherited from Berkeley. Finally, every code module is understood by at least one development team member. We are now easily adding major features, thanks to the increasing size and experience of our world-wide development team.