PostgreSQL 17 release announcement final draft

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@@ -1,19 +1,25 @@
-September 26, 2024 - The PostgreSQL Global Development Group today announced the
-release of [PostgreSQL 17](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/release-17.html),
+September 26, 2024 - The [PostgreSQL Global Development Group](https://www.postgresql.org)
+today announced the release of [PostgreSQL 17](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/release-17.html),
 the latest version of the world's most advanced open source database.
 
 PostgreSQL 17 builds on decades of open source development, improving its
 performance and scalability while adapting to emergent data access and storage
-patterns. This release of PostgreSQL adds significant overall performance gains,
-including an overhauled memory management implementation for vacuum,
-optimizations to storage access and improvements for high concurrency workloads,
-speedups in bulk loading and exports, and query execution improvements for
-indexes. PostgreSQL 17 has features that benefit brand new workloads and
-critical systems alike, such as additions to the developer experience with the
-SQL/JSON `JSON_TABLE` command, and enhancements to logical replication that
-simplify management of high availability workloads and major version upgrades.
-
-<QUOTE>
+patterns. This release of [PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org) adds
+significant overall performance gains, including an overhauled memory management
+implementation for vacuum, optimizations to storage access and improvements for
+high concurrency workloads, speedups in bulk loading and exports, and query
+execution improvements for indexes. PostgreSQL 17 has features that benefit
+brand new workloads and critical systems alike, such as additions to the
+developer experience with the SQL/JSON `JSON_TABLE` command, and enhancements to
+logical replication that simplify management of high availability workloads and
+major version upgrades.
+
+"PostgreSQL 17 highlights how the global open source community, which drives the
+development of PostgreSQL, builds enhancements that help users at all stages of
+their database journey," said Jonathan Katz, a member of the PostgreSQL core
+team. "Whether it's improvements for operating databases at scale or
+new features that build on a delightful developer experience, PostgreSQL 17
+will enhance your data management experience." 
 
 PostgreSQL, an innovative data management system known for its reliability,
 robustness, and extensibility, benefits from over 25 years of open source
@@ -81,7 +87,7 @@ This release expands on functionality both for managing data in partitions and
 data distributed across remote PostgreSQL instances. PostgreSQL 17 supports
 using identity columns and exclusion constraints on
 [partitioned tables](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/ddl-partitioning.html).
-With this release, the [PostgreSQL foreign data wrapper](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/postgres-fdw.html)
+The [PostgreSQL foreign data wrapper](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/postgres-fdw.html)
 ([`postgres_fdw`](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/postgres-fdw.html)), used
 to execute queries on remote PostgreSQL instances, can now push `EXISTS` and
 `IN` subqueries to the remote server for more efficient processing.
@@ -112,7 +118,7 @@ command-line tool for converting a physical replica into a new logical replica.
 ### More options for managing security and operations
 
 PostgreSQL 17 further extends how users can manage the overall lifecycle of
-their database systems. There's now a new TLS option, `sslnegotiation`, that
+their database systems. PostgreSQL has a new TLS option, `sslnegotiation`, that
 lets users perform a direct TLS handshakes when using
 [ALPN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application-Layer_Protocol_Negotiation)
 (registered as `postgresql` in the ALPN directory). PostgreSQL 17 also adds the
@@ -213,7 +219,7 @@ Postgres, PostgreSQL, and the Elephant Logo (Slonik) are all registered
 trademarks of the [PostgreSQL Community Association](https://www.postgres.ca).
 If you wish to use these marks, you must comply with the [trademark policy](https://www.postgresql.org/about/policies/trademarks/).
 
-## Corporate Support
+## Corporate Support and Donations
 
 PostgreSQL enjoys the support of numerous companies, who sponsor developers,
 provide hosting resources, and give us financial support. See our