Meeting – February 8th, 2005

There are several Free/OpenSource database management packages available, including
!MySQL, Firebird, The Berkeley Database and !PostgreSQL.

Bill has given many MUG presentations over the years, and this month, we’re happy to
have him give us a review of the !PostgreSQL Database Management System.

At our January MUG meeting, we opened the floor to nominations for the board of directors.
We have 6 board positions, and there were 6 people nominated. Those people are:

1. Jim !McQuillan
2. Jim Glutting
3. Dick Williams
4. Duane Brown
5. Dave Satwicz
6. Jorge Castro

At the February meeting, we’ll again open the floor to nominations, and then we’ll hold
the election.

One area that gets ignored by many people is a System Level Backup. That is
a backup of the operating system, that can be used to rebuild the system, in the case
of a hard drive failure.

Mondo Archive is a wonderful tool for backing up entire hard drives, or parts of a drive, and
it also includes the ability to make a bootable CDRom or boot/root floppy set that can be used
to quickly rebuild a system after the hard drive has been replaced.
Jim will go through a quick overview of using Mondo, just to give you an idea of its features.

After the meeting, everybody is invited to grab dinner at a local restaurant