Open Source Database Management Systems: What the Pros Use

"Databases have been a tool for business and research analysis since computers replaced typewriters in the workplace. Once the domain of proprietary database management programs, database development is now seeing more influence from open source programming.

"Several industry surveys show a trend among small- to mid-sized businesses at least trying open source database programs. Those survey results show a growing satisfaction in open source databases along with an expanding adoption rate..."

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