Sybase Releases Free Enterprise Database on Linux

Tassach writes "Sybase announced today that they are releasing a free (as in beer) version of their flagship database for Linux. The free version is limited to 1 CPU, 2GB of RAM, and 5GB of data, which is more than adequate for all but the most demanding applications. This release provides a very attractive alternative to Microsoft SQL Server, and gives developers and DBAs an extremely powerful argument to use against the adoption of Microsoft-based solutions. For those who are unfamiliar with the product, Microsoft's version of Transact-SQL is nearly identical to Sybases's. This high degree of similarity makes porting applications between the two platforms very easy. Sybase is supported by numerous open-source projects, including sqsh (SQL shell), FreeTDS, and SybPerl."

Comments

Haha!

[Libor Vanek]

Shareware strikes OSS back!

Someone set us up the BLOB

[beacher]

All your (Sy)BASE are belong to us!

Re:PARENT is a TROLL!

[boa13]

Who modded this up?

I did, tricked by the two positive answers. And now I'm answering you, so that my moderation gets removed.

Well done, trolls.

Re:Ah, more free shit.

[dotgain]

Gee, that cuts out most of the market then, don't it?

Re:microsoft would likely prefer you forget...

[Anonymous Coward]

> ...that microsoft sql server is sybase (albeit 1993 codebase)

Yep. I recall a MS salesman explaining me, during a demo that SQL and Sybase did not share any code, sitting in front of a NT command box with Sybase copyright notice at startup of SQL server.

It was 10 years ago, but was really fun to watch anyway.

Re:Better than PostgreSQL?

[WarMonkey]

But this appears to be targeted mostly at Linux developers so it's competition for PostgreSQL and the Abomination That Shall Not Be Named.

I didn't know MS Access ran on Linux.