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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. TAGS: Innobase Oy, Innobase InnoDB, MySQL, Oracle Corp., database company, Finnish company, GPL, open source, MySQL Database, database, IBM Corp., open-source software, engine

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. TAGS: database company, open-source company, open source, Oracle Corp., IBM Corp., database, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: Oracle Corp., Linux, open source, IBM Corp., Gartner Inc., database, Novell Inc., Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., programming, operating system, server, Microsoft Windows

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. TAGS: Oracle Corp., application server, Oracle Application Server, middleware, Oracle Application Server 10g, IBM WebSphere, packaged application, IBM Corp., Apache Software Foundation, Web service, Java, open source, server

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. TAGS: IBM DB2, free version, IBM Corp., software developer, database, Oracle Corp., open source, Microsoft Corp.

Oracle to offer free database

October 29, 2005 Database giant looks to muscle into low-end database market and compete better against open source. TAGS: Oracle Corp., Innobase InnoDB, Oracle Application Server 10g, free version, MySQL, database, Oracle Database, open source, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: MySQL, Stephen O'Grady, Oracle Corp., ERP, IBM WebSphere, open source, PeopleSoft Inc., software-as-a-service, acquisition, database company, IBM Corp., SAP AG, database

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. TAGS: patent, open-source software, open source, OpenOffice.org, Linux, Linux kernel, article, Steve Ballmer, Novell Inc., intellectual property, lawyer, Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle Corp., IBM Corp.

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. TAGS: MySQL, Solid Information Technology, Oracle Corp., Innobase Oy, Innobase InnoDB, open source, motive, database company, business development, database, purchase, IBM Corp., CEO

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. TAGS: RDBMS, Gartner Inc., Oracle Corp., database management system, database software, open source, database management, market share, MySQL, database, IBM Corp., open-source software, pricing, research company, software company, Linux

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. TAGS: MySQL 5.0, MySQL, database company, Oracle Corp., database, open source, upgrade, IBM Corp., server

IBM seeks to ease database burden

September 9, 2004 "Stinger" update of DB2 will focus on automatic administration and an improvement in clustered performance. TAGS: IBM DB2, IBM Corp., database, Oracle Corp., open source, server, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: executive director, object-oriented programming, object-oriented, Oracle Corp., IBM Corp., open source

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. TAGS: Innobase InnoDB, MySQL, Oracle Corp., IBM Corp., engine, open source, HP, CEO, vice president, conference, database

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. TAGS: Gentoo, Sleepycat Software Inc., open source, Oracle Corp., Sun UltraSPARC, founder, blog, open-source software, Linux, IBM Corp., database, Microsoft Corp.

'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. TAGS: IBM DB2, BEA Systems Inc., free version, James Gosling, database server, software developer, IBM Corp., open source, Oracle Corp., programming tool, database, vendor, software company, Microsoft Corp., server

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. TAGS: Zend Technologies Ltd., PHP, Oracle Corp., MySQL Database, scripting language, IBM Corp., open-source software, Unix, database, server, Linux, open source, Microsoft Windows

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. TAGS: Wind River Systems Inc., MontaVista, open source, Nokia Corp., Linux, India, tablet, government, Oracle Corp., IBM Corp., database, Firefox, Microsoft Windows

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. TAGS: MySQL, clustering, Oracle Corp., open source, database, Microsoft SQL Server, organization, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., conference, server

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. TAGS: Innobase Oy, Innobase InnoDB, MySQL, Oracle Corp., Stephen O'Grady, database company, database, IBM Corp., acquisition, open source, CEO
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