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- Reading the Oracle tea leaves
- Reading the Oracle tea leavesFree DatabasesThere are many free databases to choose from: Firebird, Ingres, Postgres, and MySQL to name most of them. Most of the "best" developers and the largest community are behind Postgres. MySQL came out of nowhere - and it seems destined to return there, after the...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-10
- Can database lock-in be broken
- Can database lock-in be brokenCredit Larry for being very good, cheap enough, and just enough lock-in.But, there are a lot of transactions done by open source databases and it is growing. It would be interesting to know the percentage of transactions done by each database worldwide.Ingres and Postgres"Ingres is based...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-19
- What does IBM mean for an open source start-up?
- What does IBM mean for an open source start-up?Minor correction: Ingres PostgresDana,Despite the common origins at Cal and similar names, Ingres and Postgres are different code bases. There's a good description of this at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostgreSQL. I appreciate your active coverage of the rebirth of openness in the...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-25
- PostgreSQL left out in database brouhaha
- PostgreSQL left out in database brouhahaTalk about bias ntntThe reason PosgreSQL is left out...Dana, I think the reason that you'll see PosgreSQL left out of the database brouhaha is because the conversation this week is focused on the enterprise. While PostgreSQL may have great adoption for deployment within the...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-18
- What do the database deals mean?
- What do the database deals mean?Postgres is the future of...open source databases.YOu can bet that...Oracle and Sun will be looking for ways to make money on their acquisitions. The most obvious way would be to play games with the open source products such that using them would eventually steer...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-17
- Whose is the most popular open source database?
- Whose is the most popular open source database?Obviously, BOTH databases are very good, I really don't care about themarketing gimmicks. Great to have the competition!!From my POV....... MySQL has the greater community support so it is what we use. It is simple, seems to be very efficient for web use,...
- Discussion threads 2007-07-26
- Ingres prepares for assault on Oracle's turf
- Ingres prepares for assault on Oracle's turfI hope them the best but ...... do not be surprised if within 3-5 years this same guy is announcing bankruptcy or firings, etc.Go Ingres Go !!!I bow down to the King of Databases. The creator of MySql and Postgres. Go get em!! I...
- Discussion threads 2006-03-22
- Does the market really want an open source stack from Sun?
- Does the market really want an open source stack from Sun?'Openess'I believe you've used the words 'groundswell of interest' a few times in different blogs.That applies to what SUN is doing with Solaris and will do if and when Java becomes 'truly' Open Source.You just can't underestimate 'openess'! ;The only...
- Discussion threads 2005-12-01
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- Amazon launches relational database service: Think MySQL in the cloud
- Three reasons this is a bad paradigm...Security, security and...let's see, what was that other thing...oh yeah, security. The comment "enterprise customers are likely to take their time moving sensitive data into Amazon?s RDS effort" should be nominated for the understatement of the year award. What's more likely is...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- PostgreSQL 8.4.1 (Mac)
- PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source relational database system. It has more than 15 years of active development and a proven architecture that has earned it a strong reputation for reliability, data integrity, and correctness. It runs on all major operating systems, including Linux, UNIX (AIX, BSD, HP-UX, SGI IRIX,...
- Software downloads 2009-09-09
- Europe can stick a fork where its mouth is
- Problem with your thinking...Sun owns the copyright. That means that they can rebrand the license. If you fork it, it is GPL forever. Thus you are definitely loosing out.Your argument would have made sense if Sun would have said, "hey we are going to release this under the Apache license."...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
- Enterprise 2.0: what a crock
- Enterprise 2.0 is a label, not a revolutionThe key is one's definition of Enterprise 2.0.If one defines E2.0 as a revolution in the way people do business, of course it's a crock. There is rarely anything new under the sun in the world of management, and technology certainly isn't...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-26
- WebDNA Developer Edition 6.2 (Mac)
- WebDNA allows the developer to build a wide range of applications, from basic form-to-email to highly sophisticated database-driven intranet sites. While it is not a framework like Ruby on Rails, WebDNA replaces multiple instructions with a single one, allowing the developer to code as much as 3 times faster than...
- Software downloads 2009-05-26
- WebDNA Developer Edition 6.2 (Windows)
- WebDNA allows the developer to build a wide range of applications, from basic form-to-email to highly sophisticated database-driven intranet sites. While it is not a framework like Ruby on Rails, WebDNA replaces multiple instructions with a single one, allowing the developer to code as much as 3 times faster than...
- Software downloads 2009-05-25
- SOASYNC 1.0.2 (Mac)
- SOASYNC is a global data synchonization software based on Service Oriented Architecture. It runs under most popular Java Application Server: WebSphere, Weblogic, Tomcat, JBoss, Jetty, Sun App Server, etc. and also shipped with SOARUN application server from Soalib. SOASYNC can syncrhonize uni and bidirectionally across 24 multi-vendor, multi-platform databases accross...
- Software downloads 2009-04-23
- Ingres puts one foot in front of the other
- Ingres puts one foot in front of the otherIngres OriginsDana, Thanks for the Ingres coverage, but I wanted to point out a factual inaccuracy in your post. You state "Ingres offers an implementation of postgresql" This isn't accurate The name "Postgres" was a contraction of Post-Ingres and...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-31
- A plea for open source help
- A plea for open source helpYes - butYes Drupal could do this (and I think bugzilla might be adaptable, but don't know how hard that would be) - and so could cocoon.However: I don't think this guy is looking for a development project (and if he were, I'd think about...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-25
- MySQL vs PostgresSQL
- Or "still picking on Roger" - specifically this part of the comment quoted yesterday: There are many free databases to choose from: Firebird, Ingres, Postgres, and MySQL to name most of them. Most of the "best" developers and the largest community are behind Postgres. MySQL came out of nowhere...
- Blog posts 2009-03-17
- Wood, Arrows, and motivation
- A comment by frequent contributor Roger Ramjet from last week: Free Databases There are many free databases to choose from: Firebird, Ingres, Postgres, and MySQL to name most of them. Most of the "best" developers and the largest community are behind Postgres. MySQL...
- Blog posts 2009-03-16
- Zmanda's 3.0 backup supports cloud, Sharepoint, PostgreSQL, EnterpriseDB
- Zmanda expects to release in one month a major upgrade of its open source backup solution that enables disastery recovery to the cloud and new support for Microsoft SharePoint 2007, PostgreSQL, and Enterprise DB Postgres Plus. Those are two of many key new features of Amanda Enterprise...
- Blog posts 2009-02-17
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