Re: interesting: IBM Linux Client Migration Cookbook
IBM just donated their Cloudscape Db to Apache, see http://incubator.apache.org/derby. Mvgr, Martin On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 20:18, J. Antas wrote: I wonder... all that good will towards Open Source... when will IBM open source the DB2 dbms? :-) J. Antas -- Mvgr, Martin
Re: interesting: IBM Linux Client Migration Cookbook
I wonder... all that good will towards Open Source... when will IBM open source the DB2 dbms? :-) When PostgreSQL is strong enough - which doesn't seem too far off. Karsten -- GPG key ID E4071346 @ wwwkeys.pgp.net E167 67FD A291 2BEA 73BD 4537 78B9 A9F9 E407 1346
RE: interesting: IBM Linux Client Migration Cookbook
Hi, Mm - I don't think PostgreSQL as a competitor is the determining issue. SAP released MaxDB because (I presume) the company saw it as a strategic advantage vis a vis major (potential) competitors like ORACLE/MS/IBM. Their main sales focus is ERM application suites, not DBMSs. If IBM decides to release DB2 as open source, it is likely to be driven by similar reasoning: if they expect it would give them a significant advantage in the market for other products/services that would at least weigh up for losses in DB2 revenue, then yes. But I've seen articles about an upcoming radical revamp of DB2 that will turn it into some kind of OO/relational/hierarchical hybrid - if so, they will probably want to see how it sells before going the FOSS route to gain market share. Regards Calle -Original Message- From: Karsten Hilbert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 11:57 PM To: openhealth-list@minoru-development.com Subject: Re: interesting: IBM Linux Client Migration Cookbook I wonder... all that good will towards Open Source... when will IBM open source the DB2 dbms? :-) When PostgreSQL is strong enough - which doesn't seem too far off. Karsten -- GPG key ID E4071346 @ wwwkeys.pgp.net E167 67FD A291 2BEA 73BD 4537 78B9 A9F9 E407 1346
interesting: IBM Linux Client Migration Cookbook
The migration from Windows (and proprietary models in general) to Open source Operating systems and applications is, nowadays, a big issue in many healthcare environments. While at that subject, one must give IBM credit to their way of turning innocuous matters in big issues. This time it was a new RedBooks guide: the Linux Client Migration Cookbook - A Practical Planning and Implementation Guide for Migrating to Desktop Linux Which, according to IBM is targeted for: + For anyone who is exploring or planning for a Linux desktop migration + Provides in-depth detail on the technical and organizational challenges + Includes methods for planning and implementation As usual, it is an easy reading. Being an IBM RedBook it gives a certain (deserved?) credibility to the Open Source field. Freely available from: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246380.pdf I wonder... all that good will towards Open Source... when will IBM open source the DB2 dbms? :-) J. Antas
