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Open Source Ingres Swings At Oracle, SQL Server

Posted by timothy on from the you-mean-there-are-free-databases dept.

Rob Westervelt writes "Computer Associates is making its open sourced Ingres DBMS widely available today on Windows and Linux, pitching its mature features and 64-bit support at Oracle and SQL Server customers."

5 of 39 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Uh by AntsInMyPants · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No, but isn't it refreshing that a VP was actually honest about the features of their DB in comparison to what else is out there?

  2. really open source? by geg81 · · Score: 2, Insightful
    it calls a Trusted Open Source License. Despite retaining control over the products and features generated by the open source community, the Islandia, N.Y.-based company has generated a lot of interest in Ingres.


    If CA "retains control over the products and features", then it doesn't sound like it's open source. It's only open source if people have the right to fork the project and make incompatible changes. And that's an important ability because that is what, ultimately, keeps the original developers on their toes.

  3. Re:Performance? by Red+Pointy+Tail · · Score: 3, Insightful


    I think it is more prudent to ask how this compares to PostgreSQL and Firebird, both in terms of features and performance. mySQL runs blazing fast because it doesn't have all the bells-and-whistles, which are of course sometimes necessary for enterprise database development.

  4. Re:this is actually not a good thing by Per+Wigren · · Score: 2, Insightful

    MySQL - The best. Somehow I know of no company willing to deploy this at a mission critical level.

    Strange, isn't it?

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  5. Re:Can't go past Oracle by geg81 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It'll be hard to compete against Oracle, who is already a player in the linux market.

    Yes, in particular since the reason most people use Oracle is the fact that everybody is running it ("you don't get fired for running the same DB software as all the other financial institutions"), not that it is necessarily actually faster or more reliable. It's hard to compete with that.