- Wed Jul 13 2005 Database vendors eye open-source effect
As Oracle, IBM and Microsoft ready the next competitive round, open-source alternatives start to make their mark.
- Mon Oct 1 2001 Commentary: Customers need a road map
IBM's new release of Informix's flagship database software will do little to reassure Informix customers--and even less to make Informix products more attractive.
- Thu May 3 2001 Elephant graveyard's new management
Philip Russom cautions that IBM's acquisition of Informix Software presents as many problems as it does promises.
- Tue Oct 11 2005 Zend brings PHP to Oracle's database
Zend Core for Oracle highlights one of the growing commercial uses of open-source PHP scripting language.
- Fri Feb 4 2005 Sun floats open-source database idea
Such a move could trigger displeasure at Oracle but curry favor with open-source advocates.

Image: A Sun database? - Mon May 23 2005 Start-up enters open-source database melee
By making PostgreSQL compatible with Oracle and others commercial databases, EnterpriseDB looks to undercut incumbents on price.
- Mon Nov 1 2004 CA sets Ingres database free
The software maker jumps into the open-source world with the release of the Ingres r3 database.
- Tue Aug 3 2004 CA sweetens the open-source pot
Company set to announce $1 million contest to drive new Ingres r3 open-source database.
- Fri May 13 2005 Grassroots computing languages hit the big time
Oracle deal shows that PHP and other scripting languages--once considered toys by serious programmers--are going corporate.
- Wed Feb 23 2005 Microsoft may offer peek at SQL Server code
The company is looking at making the source code for the next version of SQL Server available under its shared-source program.

