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can anyone explain me the difference between OPEN SOURCE DATABASES and COMMERCIAL DATABASES............and also whether Ingres is which type......thanx...
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- 02-02-2005 #1Just Joined!
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can anyone explain me the difference between OPEN SOURCE DATABASES and COMMERCIAL DATABASES............and also whether Ingres is which type......thanx
- 02-02-2005 #2Linux Engineer
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If I look at the reviews, Ingres wanted to become open-sourced lat year... They should be by now...
Originally Posted by varun_33
Open source (database, program, app, OS) are all the same, Open sourced... I dont know any real dictionnary exemple... Open source basicly meens, that you have access to the code... compile it youself and boom... you have the same product... you can customize it the way you exactly want it... as for COmmercial Database... Well one that Im sure, is Microsoft SQL 2000....\"Meditative mind\'s is like a vast ocean... whatever strikes the surface, the bottom stays calm\" - Dalai Lama
\"Competition ultimatly comes down to one thing... a loser and a winner.\" - Ugo Deschamps
- 02-03-2005 #3Linux Engineer
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Yep, Ingres is open source.
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