A list of 5 best popular Open Source, free database software, Mysql, PostgreSQl, Firebird, Berkley DB and SQlite, along with comparison.

Beloved by Linux users since its original release in 1996, GIMP is one of the most famous and best-maintained open source software tools out there. This software is about as close to image editing ...

Open-source database technology has a strong foothold in the data center. eWEEK helps debunk some of the most common open-source database myths.

Great Bridge, a start-up hoping its open-source database software will encroach on Oracle the way Red Hat has nibbled at Microsoft, is now open for business.

Ingres is one of a handful of open-source database companies seeking to unseat incumbent providers. "Oracle and Microsoft talk about getting software from one place--the whole stack," Dargo said.

The business application powerhouse plans to incorporate MySQL's open-source database software into some of its products, which should speed up development of the program.

Commercialization of open source is one trend evident at LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, and its being reflected big-time in database-centric offerings.

“The Percona Open Source Software Database Survey reveals that there are no one-size-fits all solutions to the demand for database performance, flexibility, agility, and scale.

Sybase said today that it has struck a deal with IBM in which Big Blue will market and distribute Sybase's Linux database management software. IBM will market the Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) ...

Open-source database company MySQL continues to add capabilities common to commercial database software as it tries to shake up the multibillion-dollar market. MySQL on Monday introduced an early ...

Pervasive Software, the power behind a Btrieve-based embeddable database, is expanding into the open-source world by backing PostgreSQL.