Techworld: Pervasive Posts Rival to MySQL | Linux Today

Techworld: Pervasive Posts Rival to MySQL

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 12, 2005

“Pervasive Software, best known for embedded databases aimed at
medium-sized businesses, is making the leap into the enterprise
with a customised version of the open-source PostgreSQL
database.

“Pervasive Postgres, available for trial immediately and set for
final release next month, is a way for enterprises to take
advantage of high-quality, commodified open source-software while
escaping some of the limitations of the far better-known MySQL,
Pervasive said on Monday…”


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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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