[ossig] Sybase has freed their DB

[Uwe Heinz Rudi Dippel <Udippel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Fresh from Slashdot:

"Sybase announced today that they are releasing a free (as in beer) version
of their flagship database for Linux. The free version is limited to 1 CPU,
2GB of RAM, and 5GB of data, which is more than adequate for all but the
most demanding applications. This release provides a very attractive
alternative to Microsoft SQL Server, and gives developers and DBAs an
extremely powerful argument to use against the adoption of Microsoft-based
solutions. For those who are unfamiliar with the product, Microsoft's
version of Transact-SQL is nearly identical to Sybases's. This high degree
of similarity makes porting applications between the two platforms very
easy. Sybase is supported by numerous open-source projects, including sqsh
(SQL shell), FreeTDS, and SybPerl."

And here comes the link:

http://www.sybase.com/linuxpromo

Enjoy,

Uwe


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