OpenLink Software Releases Open Source Data Access Technology for Linux; Popular iODBC Driver Manager Released in Open Source Format | Linux Today

OpenLink Software Releases Open Source Data Access Technology for Linux; Popular iODBC Driver Manager Released in Open Source Format

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 27, 1999

“OpenLink Software, Inc., technology and market leaders in the
development and deployment of secure, high-performance ODBC(TM),
JDBC(TM), and UDBC(TM) compliant Data Access Middleware, announce
the immediate availability of the popular iODBC Driver Manager in
Open Source format under GNU’s Library General Public License
(LGPL) scheme.”

“iODBC v2.5 comprises original foundation work by iODBC’s
creator Ke Jin, plus enhancements and bug fixes contributed by
OpenLink Software. iODBC enables the development and deployment of
database centric applications compatible with the Microsoft ODBC
2.x & X/Open SQL CLI data access standards.”

“iODBC Driver Manager v2.50 is available for immediate
download…”


Complete press release
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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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