This article explores the choice between proprietary and third-party databases, weighing control, customization, and support against flexibility and innovation. The question of using a proprietary vs.
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I'm sick of proprietary notetaking tools when plain text is simply better
Most proprietary note-taking apps try to solve every single problem and therefore keep adding more features. Each one has ...
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 ...
Open source software has made significant inroads into many enterprise data centers. IT managers have seen the licensing cost savings, and flexibility, scalability and reliability of open source ...
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 ...
When it comes to database structure, businesses essentially have one choice: relational (SQL) or non-relational (NoSQL). The former organize data in a series of tables and have a predefined schema, ...
In October 2004, at a conference for technology industry executives held in Santa Barbara, California, Oracle president Charles Phillips delivered a stinging indictment of the company’s open source ...
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