I am pleased to announce the creation of the first operational,
production MultiValue database environment released as Open Source
software.
This new package is based on the commercial MultiValue database QM,
developed by Ladybridge Systems in the UK.
About QM
* Originally developed for in-house use at Ladybridge in 1995
* Released as a stand-along database engine in 2001
* Not beta code. Full production code with real users.
* Complete MultiValue environment
* Basic comiler and run-time
* Query language with dictionaries
* MultiValue filesystem with dynamic files
* external C/VP API
* Update triggers
* User defined functions
Announcing OpenQM
OpenQM is an open-source fork of QM with all features intact. OpenQM
is being released under the GNU General Public License (GPL) allowing
for full access to source code and free use for all applications that
are compatible with the GPL license. For applications that need other
license terms, commercial licenses are also available at a cost that
is 15-20% that of similar sized U2 systems.
Call for Developers
Most of OpenQM is implemented in BASIC. Even internal functions such
as the Basic debugger, TCL, and line INPUT are implemented in BASIC.
Almost the entire system can be extended in BASIC. If you are a
MultiValue developer and want to get "under the hood" of a remarkable
platform, we want to here from you. Join the 'openqm-devel' mailing
list at:
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openqm-devel
Call for Users
Take control of your MultiValue destiny. Control costs. Help build a
community. While the open-source version of QM is not quite available
yet, you can get a demo copy of the existing QM software to start
working with right now. The release for Linux is only a 460K download
with a seperate, much larger, download for documentation and the
client API code.
Come Visit Us
While still pretty new, we are working hard on building an internet
presence for OpenQM. Come to our welcome page (which has a bunch of
links)
http://openqm.sourceforge.net
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