Open-source database gets backing
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Pervasive looks to crack the database market with a support offering around open-source database PostgreSQL.
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(InfoWorld) - Open-source players MySQL and Open-Xchange are teaming up so Open-Xchange can embed MySQL's database into its Linux-based collaboration server. The two companies announced a partnership and support agreement Thursday to optimize the interaction between MySQL databases and Open-Xchange groupware functions. Open-Xchange customers won't have to pay extra for product support for MySQL, they said. The partnership will result in more choice for customers in the way that they use the Open-Xchange server and can help users cut costs, according to Open-Xchange. MySQL was interested in supporting the integration because an increasing number of companies are choosing open-source collaboration products, like Open-Xchange, instead of proprietary products, the database vendor said. Open-Xchange competes with other open-source collaboration products from ScalixÂ and Zimbra as well as established proprietary software including Microsoft's Exchange and IBM's Notes/Domino. The move is typical of a growing wave of significant partnerships being struck between commercial open-source players designed to simplify the integration of their respective products. For instance, back in June, open-source customer relationship management software vendorÂ SugarCRM announcedÂ a relationship with open-source business intelligence company JasperSoftÂ to allow SugarCRM users to generate reports using the co-developed JasperReports for the SugarCRM reporting engine.
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InfoWorld - MySQL at the end of January is expected to release a beta version of its MySQL 5.0 open source database, which is to feature enterprise-level functionality such as stored procedures and triggers, according to a company representative.
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Company goes head-to-head with MySQL and PostgreSQL with a free version of its ASE database for Linux.
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MySQL developers turn to an unlikely source for database tool: Microsoft. Also: SGI visualizes Linux, and the return of Java veteran Kim Polese.
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It's not every day that the entire technical press goes bonkers over news in the open source world, but that's what happened last week, when Sun announced that it was buying MySQL.  Doubtless, the pleasant roundness of the sum involved - $1 billion â helped, as did the fact that most of that was cash.  But leaving aside the sense of satisfaction that events in the free software world should be suddenly thrust centre-stage, Sun's move does raise a larger question about the fate of all open source start-ups. read more
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PHP driven Inventory, HelpDesk, Support, Issue Tracking, and Knowledge Base web application. Focuses on simplicity and ease of customization. Sort of a mini-Directory solution for SMBs using PHP and any Pear::DB supported database. OpenIT 1.3 represents a major step from 1.2.  Thanks to Aaron's (acolflesh) new "Lookups" section all entries in the database can be edited via OpenIT.  This means no more using phpMyAdmin to add Departments.   Dan (dancoulter) worked hard to get Active Directory authentication to work via LDAP.  This is an exciting feature for anyone using Active Directory.  The coding style is in a state of flux as we're trying to bring it in line with PEAR standards.  There have been minor database changes.  At this point the easiest way to upgrade your database is to do a diff of the old & new tools/setup.php scripts to see what has changed.  Please use this release as much as possible and report bugs on the SourceForge Project Bug tracker & forums.  Note:  From version 1.3 forward OpenIT will follow versioning practices similar to the Linux Kernel.  This means all odd minor number releases (1.3, 2.5, etc.) will be "Testing" releases, while even minor number releases (1.4, 2.0, etc.) will be "Stable" releases.  OpenIT 1.3 Released http://openit.sf.net  This version is availabe here: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=111107&package_id=133178
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Ziff Davis - Sybase is offering a free version of its leading enterprise database management system for Linux.
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At work we're mostly an OSS shop.  Partly because I have a strong bias towards OSS but cost, reliability, security, etc are all leading factors.  For the last several months now I've been in an interesting position to prove the benefits of OSS in a real-world environment.  We've had to extend a number of OSS tools to fit into our production environment.  These are significant additions and non-trivial.  Open Source allows you to STAND on the shoulders of gods.  For example we've been having a problem with the Jakarta DBCP  connection pool.  It was running out of connections in highly threaded environments and is slow.  Certainly slower than would be necessary.  Long story short.  Last night  ...
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Sybase, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure and wireless software, deepened its commitment to the Linux community with the availability of a free deployment version of an enterprise-class Linux database-Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise
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A file described as the database for the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Web site shows up for sharing.
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Standardized open-source code for storage management is finally on its way, group announces.
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The acquisition will give Sun an open-source database used on many popular Web sites.
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Sybase, Inc. has provided the Linux community with a whopping endowment: a free distribution of its enterprise class Linux database. Developers will be able to build, test and deploy applications without being charged a license fee.
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Although real comparability to Oracle and IBM databases could still be some time away, MySQL's new authorized hosting program might help broaden out the niche for the open source database a lot more quickly.
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InfoWorld - IBM wants to encourage more of its business partners to use its open-source, low-end application server and free entry-level database by giving those companies access to IBM sales, marketing and technical expertise at no charge.
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In a bid to expand the customer base for its database software, Sybase Inc. released on Tuesday a free, limited version of its software for deployment on Linux systems.