With the release of version 8, the venerable open-source database now runs on Windows, widening its appeal to corporate customers.

Microsoft has made PostgreSQL 17 generally available on Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server. It has also enabled in-place upgrades to improve the experience.

The two luminaries, joined with a team of MIT and Stanford computer scientists to create DBOS, which is an acronym that stands for database-oriented operating system.

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