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Oracle buys open-source database firm
October 10, 2005
Database giant wades deeper into open source with purchase of Finnish company Innobase.
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Database vendors eye open-source effect
July 13, 2005
As Oracle, IBM and Microsoft ready the next competitive round, open-source alternatives start to make their mark.
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Oracle to finish Linux makeover this year
May 26, 2004
The database giant will finish switching its programmers to Linux by the end of the year--and now is the top database seller for the open-source operating system.
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Oracle warms up to open source, IBM
September 19, 2005
Company says the new version of its application server will work better with products such as Apache Spring and Big Blue's WebSphere line.
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IBM sets DB2 database free
January 30, 2006
DB2 Express-C is a free version of IBM's flagship database aimed at winning software developers over to its products.
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Oracle to offer free database
October 29, 2005
Database giant looks to muscle into low-end database market and compete better against open source.
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Oracle tried to buy open-source MySQL
February 15, 2006
Move reveals just how far the software giant is willing to go to adapt to the burgeoning open-source environment.
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Report: Microsoft says open source violates 235 patents
May 14, 2007
Top Microsoft lawyer alleges in a magazine interview that the Linux kernel and OpenOffice.org violate hundreds of the company's patents.
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Is it kill or cure for Oracle's database buy?
October 14, 2005
Oracle's purchase of a company with close ties to open-source rival MySQL has people wondering what the database giant's motives are.
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Open source shapes up as rival to Oracle
May 25, 2006
Software maker's stronghold in databases likely to come under threat from open-source competitors, IDC and Gartner predict.
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MySQL preps business upgrade
October 18, 2005
Open-source database MySQL 5.0, which brings features aimed at corporate customers, is set for release within the next 10 days.
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IBM seeks to ease database burden
September 9, 2004
"Stinger" update of DB2 will focus on automatic administration and an improvement in clustered performance.
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Open-source Eclipse names first director
May 28, 2004
Oracle executive Mike Milinkovich is named the first executive director since Eclipse gained independence from IBM earlier this year.
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MySQL CEO offers mixed view of Oracle
April 26, 2006
Martin Mickos calls one of Oracle's products "crippleware" and then names the company as a partner of the year.
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Open-source chronicles: Oracle buys, Gentoo founder flies
February 15, 2006
Oracle wakes up to the charms of Sleepycat Software, Gentoo's Daniel Robbins exits Redmond's embrace, and more.
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'Free' is the new 'cheap' for software tools
January 31, 2006
The release of IBM's free DB2 database points to the downward price pressure from open-source programmers' tools.
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Zend brings PHP to Oracle's database
October 11, 2005
Zend Core for Oracle highlights one of the growing commercial uses of open-source PHP scripting language.
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Nokia, India boost open source
May 25, 2005
Gadget maker taps Linux for a tiny tablet, as India's government pushes local versions of Firefox and more.
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MySQL takes cue from the master
April 14, 2004
Microsoft made its massive inroads into the database market by being low-priced and easy to use. Now MySQL is following the same path with its open-source product.
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MySQL fills Oracle-consumed hole in database
April 7, 2006
Open-source database company, with its own storage engine in the works, renews contract with Oracle around InnoDB.
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