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NewsForge: Will DB2 and Oracle Databases Go Open Source?

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 7, 2004

“A prediction that both IBM DB2 and Oracle databases would head
toward open source in some way by the end of the year got a little
more interesting as Big Blue announced a partnership with the
Apache Software Foundation to release its Cloudscape Java-based
database to the community, which is turning the database into an
open source project called Derby.

“MySQL Vice President of Marketing Zack Urlocker said databases
and related software are among the technologies most impacted by
open source. He likened the idea of open source in major,
proprietary databases such as DB2 and Oracle to the initial inroads
that Linux made with business.

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Web Webster

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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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