Stonebraker essentially abandoned Postgres in the mid-1990s. But instead of fading into obscurity, the codebase was salvaged ...

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Open source databases emerged on the scene in the mid-to-late 1990s, following closely behind the release of Linux. Postgres had its roots in relational database research projects led by Michael ...

Open-source software has reshaped many IT disciplines, and the world of database administration (DBA) is no exception. The open-source community, and the software it has produced, has evolved into a ...

Let the OSS Enterprise newsletter guide your open source journey! Sign up here. MariaDB, the commercial company behind the popular open source database of the same name, has confirmed plans to become ...

Marten Mickos may no longer run MySQL, but his ghost still haunts the database market. Years ago, Mickos declared, “The relational database market is a $9 billion a year market. I want to shrink it to ...

Remember when writing code was free? AI is pushing software development into usage-billed proprietary platforms. But history ...

Open source databases are likely to see the same rapid rate of adoption enjoyed by other open source applications. The advantages in terms of cost and operational flexibility make open source ...

The latest trends and issues around the use of open source software in the enterprise. This is a guest post written for Computer Weekly Open Source Insider written by Barrett Chambers in his ...