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- mySQL starring as Peter Pan
- The American view is that there are both closed source and open source alternatives to mySQL, specifically PostgreSQL and Ingres. The European view is that open source must be allowed to grow up, and communities must be allowed to compete directly with the big boys, or competition is not real....
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- 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
- LucidEra's demise is about money, not SaaS
- LucidEra's demise is about money, not SaaSLucidera's DemiseAs one of the early adopters of Lucidera, I can say that we believe that BI in the cloud is a viable business offering. One of the challenges is to provide a platform with hooks into as many potential data sources as...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-14
- Alfresco agonistes
- Alfresco agonistesThe race to zero is almost completeIt is getting harder and harder to see viable business plans for open source. The recession which were supposed to be so great for open source is having the opposite effect: Instead of customers rushing to the open source model with "paid support",...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-17
- Can the enterprise strategy work?
- In associating with Red Hat, Ingres grabs a lifeline into the larger enterprise customer space. The release makes this explicit in the headline, noting that the enterprise customers "bet their business on open source." by Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-05-14
- OS execs split over fate of MySQL under Oracle's grip
-  The fate of Sun's open source jewels -- especially MySQL -- has been heavily debated since Oracle announced its intentions to buy the Java giant earlier this week. Few expect the Redwood Shores, Calif. database giant to mess with Java. It is a...
- Blog posts 2009-04-24
- 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
- The Oracle-buys-Sun thing - 'Snorkel' - what's the deal with that?
- "Thanks Larry for finally putting us out of our misery." -Tony Baer There's been a firehose of commentary to be found about today's announcement that Oracle intends to buy Sun, so I won't add to the noise. But I will point to some insightful remarks...
- Blog posts 2009-04-20
- News to know: Conficker; CTIA; LotusLive Engage; Facebook
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Jason O'Grady: Developers selling iPhone OS 3.0 on eBay Updated CNET News: BlackBerry App World has landed Ryan Naraine: Googling for Conficker clean-up...
- Blog posts 2009-04-01
- 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
- Ingres puts one foot in front of the other
- Take a moment, today, and give a turtle its props. Slow and steady can win the race too. As Ingres proves. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-03-31
- 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
- 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
- News to know: Safari 4, HP, Gmail outage, Ballmer's bets, SaaS adoption
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Safari 4 coverage: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Safari 4 - This is one fast browser! Ryan Naraine: ...
- Blog posts 2009-02-25
- Ingres-Alfresco get into ring with Microsoft SharePoint
- Ingres-Alfresco get into ring with Microsoft SharePointANYTHING IS BETTER THAN $HITPOINTSharepoint is utter garbage and anyone betting their company on it should be fired.It's nothing more than a money pit and a usability nightmare.Then again, that's the MO for MS.RE: Ingres-Alfresco get into ring with Microsoft SharePointSharePoint is really truly...
- Discussion threads 2009-02-24
- Ingres-Alfresco get into ring with Microsoft SharePoint
- Ingres is not only seeking to keep you out of Microsoft's clutches here but make sure you don't get into Sun's, owners of mySQL. Getting into your pocket through content management is the play. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-02-24
- When will enterprises contribute to open source?
- When will enterprises contribute to open source?But where is open source AIX or DB2?ntEnterprises do contribute to open sourceWhen collaboration saves paying staff at each of the participating companies, then they collaborate. That's on products no customer is expected to buy, or which would be prohibitively expensive for one...
- Discussion threads 2009-02-18
- Open source does not need new buzzwords
- Open source does not need new buzzwordslean application developmentnice entry - interesting to watch any discussion about buzz words - George Carlin is smiling somewhere today - I do like the term lean though, just like it a bit more when applied to oss projects in general rather than to...
- Discussion threads 2008-12-11
- MySQL Vs. Unify Data Server: What might have been
- MySQL Vs. Unify Data Server: What might have beenThat's what happenswhen you go for popular rather than best fit. MySQL was late to the game and has less features than other major databases. Most FOSS experts "in the know" prefer Postgres - they say that most of the open source...
- Discussion threads 2008-12-09
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