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Open Source Databases "50% Cheaper"

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the when-forrester-speaks dept.

pete314 writes, "Open source databases can cut the total cost of ownership of a database by up to 60% compared to the cost of running proprietary databases from Oracle, Microsoft or IBM. According to data collected by Forrester Research, the savings average about 50%. Open source databases however still struggle to reach mission-critical enterprise applications because enterprises perceive them to be less secure and stable."

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  1. enterprises also want by rubycodez · · Score: 5, Insightful

    enterprises also want paralleling clusters and failover clusters. The open source databases are getting there, give it few more years.

  2. 0% savings for me by Crudely_Indecent · · Score: 5, Insightful

    For those of us who can't afford to run a commercial database package, and have been running open source databases from the beginning, this isn't news. MySQL and Postgres are your friends.

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