The document discusses various news and plans regarding PostgreSQL. Some key points include: - An $750,000 appliance called XDI Appliance that uses PostgreSQL for high performance queries in shared-nothing cluster environments. - Plans for PostgreSQL 8.4 include improvements to indexes, TOAST compression, and adding new windowing functions and data types. - EnterprizeDB received a $10 million investment from IBM and is rebranding to focus on enterprise features of PostgreSQL.