InfoWorld: Open-source Pick-like Database Being Developed

“Still under development but available in preliminary form,
MaVerick is licensing the open-source offering, also called
MaVerick, via a Library GPL agreement, said project founder Anthony
Youngman, in London. The Library GPL stipulation means developers
would only be required to make MaVerick source code changes
available to the public domain, and not any applications they build
on top of MaVerick, Youngman said. A general release of the
database is anticipated in approximately a year.

“‘MaVerick is an open-source implementation of the Pick database
system,” Youngman said. MaVerick wants to position its database as
an alternative to enterprise relational systems from companies such
as Oracle, IBM, and Microsoft, but knows this will be a tall order,
given the marketing clout of these large vendors, Youngman
said.

“‘We darn well hope it’s going to compete with Oracle; we think
it’s a far better system,’ said Youngman. ‘But as always, they’ve
got the marketing muscle, they’ve got the money to pay for
advertising…'”

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