Open-source Cloudscape is not enough for IBM to push the DB2 free version _ MySQL-mysql tutorial

Author: Linhu da [eNet power News in Silicon Valley] According to foreign media report on June 18, IBM, one of the top three databases, said that it is possible to launch a free and easy version of DB2 next year. TeoWanPing, the brand manager of IBM Singapore, said in an interview with the media that, as part of its strategy to win potential customers, IBM may launch a free IBMDB2 release next year

Author: Ling Hu Da

[ENet power News in Silicon Valley] according to a report from foreign media on September November 18, IBM, one of the top three databases, said that it is possible to launch a free and easy version of DB2 next year.

Teo Wan Ping, the brand manager of IBM Singapore, said in an interview with the media that, as part of its strategy to win potential customers, IBM may launch a free start edition next year ".

Recently, Microsoft launched a free "Express version" for SQL Server under the threat of MySQL and other free open source databases. Oracle also released a similar XE free version.

At present, IBM has a DB2 entry Edition-"DB2 Universal Database Express Edition", but it is not free. However, IBM also provides a free open-source database: Java-based Cloudscape. IBM turned it into open source last year. At the beginning of this year, IBM released a PHP development kit with a free DB2 license.

It is reported that the database engine of Cloudscape is different from that of DB2, but commercial users can easily migrate data from Cloudscape to DB2.

In response, Donald feberger, vice president of Gartner, a market research company, commented that it was only a matter of time before IBM launched the free DB2 version.

Currently, the free version of MySQL has been downloaded in 1 million copies, attracting developers from many small and medium-sized enterprises. Free and Easy versions released by Oracle and Microsoft can only run on servers with one processor. they can access up to 4 GB of disk data and 1 GB of memory.

According to Gartner's data, in last year's relational database market, Oracle "captured" 34.1%, IBM was 33.7%, and Microsoft took the remaining 20% with SQL Server.