http://www.osdb.org OSDB: The Open Source Database Network en-us Copyright 2004 OSDB.ORG http://backend.userland.com/rss/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:46:15 EST <img align='left' border=1 style='margin-right:20px;margin-bottom:40px;' src='http://osdb.org/images/jaws_sm.gif'><a href='http://enterprisedb.com'>EnterpriseDB</a> recently <a href='http://news.com.com/Start-up+enters+open-source+database+melee/2100-7344_3-5716582.html?tag=cd.top'>released</a> the public beta of their supported PostgreSQL implementation for Windows and Linux (Fedora, SUSE, & RHEL) — including a GUI with connectors for JDBC, ODBC, .NET, C++, PHP, Perl, and Python. This release will include <a href='http://www.enterprisedb.com/edb-db.do'>enhanced compatability</a> with Oracle and PL/SQL. <nobr>[ <a href=http://news.com.com/Start-up+enters+open-source+database+melee/2100-7344_3-5716582.html?tag=cd.top'>news.com</a> ]</nobr><br clear='all'> http://www.osdb.org/blog/1019.html scott@figital.com (Scott Fitchet) Tue, 24 May 2005 16:50:27 EST EMS-Hitech --- through their new <a href='http://sqlmanager.net'>SQLManager.net site</a> --- has <a href='http://www.sqlmanager.net/news/607'>announced</a> that all lite versions of their products will be available free of charge. This includes administration tools for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Interbase/Firebird. http://www.osdb.org/blog/1018.html scott@figital.com (Scott Fitchet) Fri, 11 Feb 2005 14:20:31 EST <img align='right' border=1 src='/images/elephant.jpg'><a href='http://www.postgresql.org/about/press/presskit80.html.en'>PostgreSQL 8.0</a> has arrived with improved transactional capabilities, continuous server backups, server-side Perl scripting, and for the first time a native Windows implementation. Not to mention a newly redesigned website. http://www.osdb.org/blog/1017.html scott@figital.com (Scott Fitchet) Fri, 11 Feb 2005 14:09:48 EST <img align='left' height='150' width='150' src='http://osdb.org/images/cocktail.jpg' hspace='5'> <a href='http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/16/1953255'>Jay Lyman has a great story</a> at <a href='http://newsforge.org'>NewsForge</a> on the burgeoning open source database 'party' and includes interviews with analysts at Oracle, IBM, Computer Associates, and Gartner .... who mention that 'databases <nobr>[ which ]</nobr> have been open source since the start may benefit from an evolving, total open source solution.'<br clear='all'> http://www.osdb.org/blog/1016.html scott@figital.com (Scott Fitchet) Mon, 20 Dec 2004 22:08:48 EST <img align='right' src='http://www.daysite.net/images/logo_feather.gif'> The Apache Incubator Project has announced the creation of the <a href='http://incubator.apache.org'>Derby</a> project, an open source implementation of IBM's Cloudscape embedded Java database engine. Their goal is to establish a JDBC/SQL interface to the Apache HTTP server.<br clear='all'> http://www.osdb.org/blog/1015.html scott@figital.com (Scott Fitchet) Mon, 06 Sep 2004 19:25:24 EST <img align='right' hspace='10' vspace='10' src='http://osdb.org/images/r2r.gif'> An amazing opportunity exists for '<a href='http://www.righttorepair.org' target='_blank'>someone</a>' to develop an OSDB for independent auto mechanics and garage monkeys. <blockquote><i><a href='http://www.aftermarket.org/Government/Grassroots_Activities/hr2735.asp' target='_blank'>The Motor Vehicle Owners Right to Repair Act (H.R. 2735, S. 2138)</a> prevents vehicle manufacturers and others from unfairly restricting access to the information, parts and tools necessary to accurately diagnose, repair, re-program or install automotive replacement parts.</i></blockquote> The <a target='_blank' href='http://aftermarket.org'>Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association</a> (and their companion site <a href='http://www.righttorepair.org' target='_blank'>righttorepair.org</a>) is supporting a grassroots campaign to ensure open access to automobile computer codes. http://www.osdb.org/blog/1014.html scott@figital.com (Scott Fitchet) Wed, 16 Jun 2004 22:42:14 EST <img align='left' hspace='5' vspace='10' src='http://livejournal.org/logo.png' alt='LiveJournal Logo'><a href='http://livejournal.com' target='_blank'>LiveJournal</a> — one of the more popular and functional blogging sites — publishes their source <a href='http://www.livejournal.com/code/'>code</a> via <a href='http://cvs.livejournal.org'>CVS</a> at <a href='http://livejournal.org'>livejournal.org</a> under the GPL. They also provide SQL scripts and in-depth review of their database schema, including tutorials on building front-ends in Flash, ASP, Python, ColdFusion, and more. <br clear='all'> http://www.osdb.org/blog/1013.html scott@figital.com (Scott Fitchet) Thu, 10 Jun 2004 17:51:41 EST The <a href='http://osvdb.org'>Open Source Vulernerability Database</a> is currently in late beta testing for their new security bulletin database promoting collaboration and vendor-neutrality. They have provided a <a href='http://www.osvdb.org/database-info.php'>visual diagram, scripts, and exports</a> for their database schema, will be allowing 3rd parties to integrate the database into their own products, and should have an XML interface going in the near future. <p> OSVDB also supports <a href='http://www.cirt.net/code/nikto.shtml'>Nikto</a>, an OS/GPL'd <a href='http://www.cirt.net/nikto/README_nikto.html'>command-line tool</a> for finding security holes in your web server and CGI programs. http://www.osdb.org/blog/1012.html scott@figital.com (Scott Fitchet) Tue, 30 Mar 2004 17:43:47 EST <a href='http://fedoranews.org/mweber'>Mike Weber</a> of <a href='http://fedoranews.org'>FedoraNews</a> shows us <a href='http://fedoranews.org/mweber/OO_db.shtml'>how to configure database access for OpenOffice.org (in 5 minutes)</a>. Currently '<a href='http://openoffice.org'>OOo</a>' has built-in datasource hooks for MySQL, JDBC, ODBC, dBase, ADO, CSV, and Mozilla (yes, your bookmarks, browsing history, address book, and inbox should all be chalked up as 'open source databases'). The <a href='http://dba.openoffice.org/drivers/postgresql'>native PostgreSQL driver</a> should make it into the next release. http://www.osdb.org/blog/1011.html scott@figital.com (Scott Fitchet) Sat, 27 Mar 2004 13:08:52 EST <a href='http://linuxinsider.com'>Linux Insider's</a> John Cox on many of the <a href='http://www.linuxinsider.com//perl/story/33190.html'>new enterprise-level features upcoming in Firebird, PostgreSQL, and MySQL</a>. http://www.osdb.org/blog/1009.html scott@figital.com (Scott Fitchet) Mon, 22 Mar 2004 20:49:50 EST ... and <a href='http://lessig.org'>Lawrence Lessig</a> had this to say at last weeks innaugural <a href='http://osbc2004.com'>Open Source Business Conference</a> ... 'We need to reorganize the debate (in Washington) to make sure it's about freeing the creative potential of innovators which will translate into enormous business opportunities'. <nobr>[ <a href='http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/03/17/BUGTA5M3M21.DTL&type=tech'>via sfgate.com</a></nobr> ] http://www.osdb.org/blog/1010.html scott@figital.com (Scott Fitchet) Mon, 22 Mar 2004 20:49:50 EST InfoWorld reports that federal IT departments are <a href='http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/03/12/11FEopgovtrends_1.html'>'outgrowing Unix'</a> and migrating to lower cost Linux solutions with open development models. <blockquote> 'Many are migrating off Unix-based Oracle databases to Linux running on Intel servers. Also, within smaller agencies, Web-based applications development is increasing with the MySQL and PostgreSQL open source databases.' </blockquote> <a href='http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/03/12/11FEopgov_1.html'>Another article by Grant Gross</a> discusses the open source database potential at the U.S. Department of Labor, the U. S. Treasury, and the U.S. Agency for International Development. http://www.osdb.org/blog/1008.html scott@figital.com (Scott Fitchet) Fri, 19 Mar 2004 02:11:20 EST <a href='http://www.amrresearch.com'>AMR Research</a> has just released a report entitled <a href='http://www.amrresearch.com/Content/view.asp?pmillid=17063&bhcp=1'>Open Source Databases: Widespread and Mainstream by 2006</a> noting that traditional database vendors have failed to lower prices while feature enhancements have slowed or lack real demand. They forsee that 'early roads to adoption [with OSDBs] will lead to competitive advantage within the next 12 months' and provide a list suggestions for preparing your open source database strategy in anticipation of this shift. http://www.osdb.org/blog/1007.html scott@figital.com (Scott Fitchet) Mon, 08 Mar 2004 12:45:15 EST The <a href='http://linux.dell.com/blog'>Dell Linux Community Web's What's New Blog</a> is a great way to stay current with the latest developments in low-level RAID and hardware support for Linux. A specialized <a href='http://linux.dell.com/blog/papers'>whitepaper announcement section</a> contains links to Linux-centric documents from Dell's Power Solutions magazine. <blockquote><i>'Dell and Linux: where low-cost and standards-based hardware meets low-cost and standards-based solutions.'</i></blockquote> http://www.osdb.org/blog/1005.html scott@figital.com (Scott Fitchet) Mon, 01 Mar 2004 16:19:39 EST EMS Hitech has released <a href='http://www.ems-hitech.com/pgmanager'>version 2.2 of PosgreSQL Manager for Windows</a> which includes user interface upgrades, new reporting features, and bug fixes. http://www.osdb.org/blog/1006.html scott@figital.com (Scott Fitchet) Thu, 19 Feb 2004 23:19:25 EST The Nonprofit Open Source Initiative (with a grant from IBM) has just published 'Choosing and Using Open Source Software: A Primer for Nonprofits' as a PDF on <a href='http://www.nosi.net'>their website</a>. It contains a good introduction to the world of Open Source for decision makers, several case studies, and a total cost of ownership worksheet. <blockquote> <i>While in the 1980s and 1990s most small-to-medium sized nonprofits managed to get by with donated, 'borrowed', and 5-year old copies of software products, new approaches to licensing and copy protection are bringing an end to the era of 'free' proprietary software.</i> </blockquote> Skip to page 18 for a list of ideas your organization can use today or add yourself to their <a href='/link?http://nosi.mediajumpstart.net/studies'>OSS Nonprofit directory</a> http://www.osdb.org/blog/1004.html scott@figital.com (Scott Fitchet) Mon, 16 Feb 2004 23:10:10 EST <a href='http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1871834845'>Stephen Bell</a>: 'three flagship applications, entrenching Linux even into organizations whose management may see them as Microsoft shops, are the Apache web server, the database system Postgres and Samba' http://www.osdb.org/blog/1003.html scott@figital.com (Scott Fitchet) Sat, 14 Feb 2004 22:44:51 EST <a href='http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/4197'>Mark Stone</a> on open standards-based software: 'Because no single company owns the software, the options for support will always be competitive.' http://www.osdb.org/blog/1002.html scott@figital.com (Scott Fitchet) Sun, 08 Feb 2004 22:02:46 EST An Alpha release is now available for <a href='http://www.mysql.com/products/administrator/index.html'>MySQL Administrator</a>. This looks to be a quantum leap in usability from previous MySQL client interfaces and has both Windows and Linux distributions. Check out the screenshots! http://www.osdb.org/blog/1001.html scott@figital.com (Scott Fitchet) Sun, 08 Feb 2004 20:00:51 EST A recent report from eWeek's <a href='http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1433738,00.asp'>Lisa Vaas</a> is aimed at those who need to decide between PostgreSQL and MySQL and discusses features, performance, and support. http://www.osdb.org/blog/1000.html scott@figital.com (Scott Fitchet) Mon, 02 Feb 2004 13:34:00 EST