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more »MySQL 5.1: Easier and Quicker
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more »Gartner: Open Source Penetrating SaaS Segment
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more »EnterpriseDB Open Sources GridSQL
Mar 26, 2008Today at the Open Source Business Conference, EnterpriseDB announced that GridSQL, the company´s business intelligence and data warehousing solution, is now available under the GPLv2 open source license.
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more »Oracle buys Bea Systems and Captovation
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