OStatic Buffer Overflow.....

by Sam Dean - Jun. 17, 2008Comments (1)

Funambol has raised $12.5 million in venture funding for its open-source mobile messaging software business. The company is also now partnered with AOL.....

Alfresco Software is in partnership with Adobe, and Adobe will embed Alfresco Enterprise Content Management (ECM) into the Adobe LiveCycle Enterprise Suite. The companies are focused on enterprise applications that use open source and Web 2.0 standards.....

IBM says it has no plans to open source its DB2 database, after a published report quoted a company executive saying so.....

Forbes: The law goes open source.....


Browse Blog

Randy Clark uses OStatic to support Open Source, ask and answer questions and stay informed. What about you?



1 Comments
 

For a complete discussion on the subject see FreeDB2.com blog.

Not sure if Chris Livesey was misquoted. DB2 Express-C, the free DBMS, is not "light" database at least not if "light" is the description of the function. DB2 Express-C (http://freeDB2.com) is "full function" product that is offered using the "open source business model" but it is not open source. On the "light" point ... DB2 Express-C has ALL of the function of the other DB2 editions. Actually it includes some additional functions such as pureXML and all of it absolutely free. Also, it is free not just for development or use internally but DB2 Express-C can be included in commercial products at no charge. On the subject of "open source". DB2 is not open source and many of our customers appreciate this fact because their procurement processes prevent them from acquiring open source products due to intellectual property concerns. The other often voiced concern is lack of a "single throat to choke" i.e. commercially available support. This is why DB2 Express-C implements "open source business model" i.e. while the product is free it is available with optional low cost support that is delivered by IBM (not third parties). The cost of this optional support is the same as what MySQL charges for a similar offering ($2995/server/year). More information at http://www.ibm.com/db2/express.

Leon Katsnelson Program Director, IBM Data Management

0 Votes
Share Your Comments

If you are a member, to have your comment attributed to you. If you are not yet a member, Join OStatic and help the Open Source community by sharing your thoughts, answering user questions and providing reviews and alternatives for projects.