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• A Quick Look at the Open Source DBMS Market

  The rapid acceptance and usage of Linux as an platform for enterprise computing has enlivened the Open Source community. The term “open source” refers to software that users are free to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve. Often Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 02, 2009 11:56 AM by cmullins | 1 Comments Filed under: database, DBMS, MySQL, open source, Oracle, Sun, Linux

• Oracle Singing “Here Comes the Sun”

  Just when it seemed like nobody was interested in acquiring Sun after the IBM deal fell through , Oracle swooped in with a bigger offer and nabbed Sun (on April 20, 2009) for $9.50 per share, or approximately $7.4 billion. Although an IBM acquisition Read More... Posted Monday, April 20, 2009 10:41 AM by cmullins | 1 Comments Filed under: database news, database, Oracle, Sun