IBM Invests In MySQL/Oracle Competitor

stoolpigeon writes "IBM has made a move to support open source RDBMS PostgreSQL by investing in EnterpriseDB, a company that supports PostgreSQL as well as selling their own proprietary extensions to the database product. IBM participated in a $10 million funding round, though the article doesn't say how much they invested. In the past EnterpriseDB has primarily advertised itself as an Oracle competitor, though the article says, 'Derek Rodner, EnterpriseDB's director of product strategy, explained that Postgres Plus 8.3 also adds in new application quick starts which are supposed to help with installation issues. They will also help in EnterpriseDB's battle against MySQL for open source database supremacy.'"

Comments

Re:Come on, -1, Uninformative

[larry bagina]

Linus sounds like "penis".

Linux sounds like "kleenex".

Re:MySQL databae supremacy

[Omnifarious]

Ahh, so PostgresSQL's license is more free because it allows random commercial entities to take my hard work and start using it to create little monopolies and gouge their customers. Well, let me sign right up for that.

I do use sqlite though. *sigh* It's too darned useful and there's no GPL alternative. But at least I can redistribute any changes I make to it under a license that preserves freedom.