Ingres is one of a handful of open-source database companies seeking to unseat incumbent providers. "Oracle and Microsoft talk about getting software from one place--the whole stack," Dargo said.

The business application powerhouse plans to incorporate MySQL's open-source database software into some of its products, which should speed up development of the program.

A Sun DB could anger partner Oracle, but it could curry favor with advocates of open-source software, which is at the center of Sun's strategy to attract more programmers to its technology.

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Having a database released under the CDDL license would be handy for Sun--especially if it chooses to release its Java Enterprise System as open-source software, as Sun hinted last week it might.

According to Statistica, as of December 2020, 79.6 percent of the database management systems in operation had open source licenses. Over the years, open source DBMSs have become more and more ...

Open source database solutions address all of these challenges, and often offer a viable alternative to costly proprietary systems. Jaroslav Cerny, CEO at RDB Consulting. (Image: RDB Consulting) ...

P ercona itself is a US East Coast headquartered open source database software and services specialist. The company concentrates on managing a chosen group of open database environments including ...

DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 15, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Percona, a leader in open source database software and services, today announced the results of its Open Source Software Database Survey.