この連載はOSSコンソーシアムデータベース部会のメンバーがオープンソースデータベースの毎月の出来事をお伝えしています。 Project Tsurugi （劔） の経過報告会が開催 前回に開催をお知らせした、 国産の新DBエンジンを開発するプロジェクト Project Tsurugi ...

Project Tsurugi （劔） は、 国産の新DBエンジンを開発するプロジェクトです。外部インタフェースはPostgreSQL互換になるようですが、 これは羊の皮ならぬ象の皮を被っているだけで、 中身はまったく新規の強力なDBエンジンをめざして開発が進んでいます。

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MySQL has hired Jim Starkey, creator of the InterBase database—which later became the popular open-source Firebird database—in addition to scooping up Starkeys one-man Firebird-based company, ...