Oracle Dips Toe Into The Free Waters
from the how's-that-work dept
While Oracle has been making some moves to hurt mySQL, the open source database they still insist they don't compete with, it looks like they're being even more proactive in fighting off this non-competition. They're expected to offer a free, but limited, version of their database, as an alternative to various open source databases.
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That IBM has dipped it toes in this water with a version for PHP/dB2 makes it all the more interesting from the individual or small team perspective. I foresee a lot of rather large downloads in my future although methinks Oracle hasn't got a prayer here. Thanks for the tip on IBM. I missed that one in the journals.
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