Useful Links
What is "Open Source"?
PostgreSQL
"The world's most advanced open source database", PostgreSQL (pronounced post-gres-q-l) provides a tremendous set of features backed by an worldwide community of developers, support companies and users. Richard Huxton has had the pleasure of being part of the PostgreSQL community since 2000.
- The PostgreSQL website
- Some happy users and what they had to say
- and a few case studies
- If you are technically minded, you might like to see a feature list
- All this of course is free to download
Some other terms you might encounter
LAMP is an acronym for Linux, Apache, MySQL & PHP (or Perl, Python) - a common setup for web applications. You might also see WAMP (with Windows replacing Linux) and LAPP (with PostgreSQL instead of MySQL)
- Linux - an "open source" alternative to Windows
- Apache - the industry standard webserver
- MySQL database
- PHP - a scripting language commonly used on websites