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Oracle sends out MySQL 5.6 update

...has pushed out MySQL 5.6, a development milestone release of the open-source database management system. MySQL, the development of which has been stewarded... Read more

12 April, 2011 by Jack Clark

Facebook outage due to internal errors, says company

...database technologies to serve information, and the company is active in the open-source database community. On 15 September, it released OSC, a tool it... Read more

26 September, 2010 by Rupert Goodwins
Krystal DMS - Community Edition 4.0

Krystal DMS - Community Edition 4.0

...retrieval and distribution of documents. KRYSTAL" Community Edition comes bundled with an Open Source database and users do not have to invest in any other... Read more

29 August, 2011
CUBRID Database Server 2008 R3.1

CUBRID Database Server 2008 R3.1

CUBRID is an open-source database management system (DBMS) optimized for Web services. CUBRID assures high... Read more

4 January, 2011
CantoCat 1.0

CantoCat 1.0

...search, run memory prompts, and even add your own phrases to the open source database included Read more

5 November, 2010
CantoCat 1.0

CantoCat 1.0

...search, run memory prompts, and even add your own phrases to the open source database included Read more

3 November, 2010
PostgreSQL 9.0

PostgreSQL 9.0

PostgreSQL is a robust, scalable and well supported Open Source database engine. This packaging installs it into Mac OS sensitive locations... Read more

26 September, 2010
SQL in a Nutshell, Third Edition 1.2

SQL in a Nutshell, Third Edition 1.2

...2008, Oracle 11g, and the MySQL 5.1 and PostgreSQL 8.3 open source database products. You'll also get a concise overview of the... Read more

11 September, 2010
Find! NZ 2.4

Find! NZ 2.4

...Zealand local search engine based on location awareness. The app uses an open source database from Zenbu. (www.zenbu.co.nz) Features: Online & Offline search... Read more

23 August, 2010

Red Hat: Company profile

...from acquiring MySQL before Oracle made it clear it would keep the open source database technology in the wake of its acquisition of Sun. "So... Read more

4 August, 2010 by Tim Ferguson

How Oracle has made Sun rise again

...Fusion middleware, as well as the Solaris open source operating system and open source database technology MySQL. The deal also saw Oracle acquire Sun's... Read more

5 July, 2010 by Tim Ferguson
TechNet Webcast: SQL Server 2008 R2: SQL Server 2008 R2 and Open Source (Level 300)

TechNet Webcast: SQL Server 2008 R2: SQL Server 2008 R2 and Open Source (Level 300)

...data sources, in particular open-source databases. The presenter looks at two open-source database platforms, PostGreSQL and MySQL, and reviews general interoperability basics like... Read more

29 June, 2010

Open source gets boost from the cost-conscious

Big companies are warming up to open-source database software, according to a new study. The open-source database... Read more

5 January, 2004 by Martin LaMonica

OpenOffice security is questioned

French researchers have pinpointed some security issues, but OpenOffice.org says the only bug discovered has already been fixed Read more

14 August, 2006 by Colin Barker

Ingres releases update to open-source database

...president and chief executive Roger Burkhardt. Forrester Research in July found the open-source database market had reached $850m (£570m) in mid-2008, fuelled partly... Read more

19 November, 2008 by Matthew Broersma

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yeah! all we want free software

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