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    Battle is under way in mini database market, and the competition is fierce.

  • Sybase trial is a masquerade

    The company's implication - that an open-source licence subjects licensees to intolerable restrictions that a commercial licence does not - is an invitation to apply additional scrutiny. So we did.

  • Will Oracle's new business ventures hurt its DB market share?

    Oracle's innovation and performance in the enterprise database market made it the envy of its competitors--including IBM, Microsoft, and Sybase. However, their efforts to expand their core business outside the enterprise database market may end up costing them their leadership position in that market as well.

  • Sybase releases 'first free production database for Linux'

    Sybase announced on Wednesday that an Express Edition of Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 12.5.2 database for Linux is now available.

  • Microsoft readies embedded database

    Microsoft is set to release an embedded database for small devices, taking its first step in a plan to bring updates to its flagship SQL Server database every two to three years.

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  • MySQL or SQL Server: Look beyond politics and hype

    MySQL may be free, but what if money isn't the only factor? Find out how these database heavyweights stack up and how to decide which one to use.

  • Are Oracle's days numbered?

    Microsoft and IBM are in a fight to the death in Asia-Pacific but Oracle might end up the loser.

  • Open-source .Net takes shape

    Builders of the Mono open-source development project has released an update that will let programmers write Microsoft .Net applications for Linux and Unix operating systems.

  • MySQL boasts might against big players

    MySQL kicked off its first-ever users conference by releasing the source code of its upcoming MySQL 5.0 product and touting its reputation as the little database company that could.

  • Fancy a freebie?

    Oracle has finally jumped on the "free" database bandwagon, joining the likes of IBM, Microsoft and Sybase. Will users bite?

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