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Oracle plans to stop automatically producing security patches for all systems its software runs on, instead creating fixes for uncommon combinations on request, the company said on Tuesday.
Open-source database maker hopes going public will raise funds for acquisitions, CEO Marten Mickos says.
Start-up ActiveGrid has released an update to its toolset for building business applications with open-source software, adding support for IBM's newly introduced free DB2 database.
The database company is working on a project to let Mozilla's open-source desktop software work better with Oracle's business applications.
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The database company is working on a project to let Mozilla's open-source desktop software work better with Oracle's business applications.
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New features planned for IBM's DB2 database server software will automate common administrative tasks and take advantage of growing interest in low-cost server hardware, the company says.
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