c't has learned that SAP will announce tomorrow at LinuxWorld in Frankfurt,
Germany, that it plans to release its database SAP DB under the GPL/LGPL.
The SQL database has so far been mostly used together with the flagship
of the Walldorf company, namely the SAP R3 enterprise resource planning
system. However, R3 offers also interfaces to other databases like
Informix, Oracle or DB2. With SAP DB, SAP is releasing a larger
software project in source code form for the first time.
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c't has learned that SAP will announce tomorrow at LinuxWorld in Frankfurt, Germany, that it plans to release its database SAP DB under the GPL/LGPL. The SQL database has so far been mostly used together with the flagship of the Walldorf company, namely the SAP R3 enterprise resource planning system. However, R3 offers also interfaces to other databases like Informix, Oracle or DB2. With SAP DB, SAP is releasing a larger software project in source code form for the first time.