Open source database products on the roll
February 11th, 2006 by jiri
Business Week: Taking On the Database Giants:
Switching to an open-source database can slash costs for one of the most expensive segments of the software budget by as much as 90%. “If you had told us four or five years ago we would be considering these types of products at the rate we are, I would have looked at you like you were insane,” he says. “But open source isn’t going away, and I’m pretty excited about it.”