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A DB2 DBA responds: Are Proprietary Databases Doomed?

10-Nov-08

Allan Parker of Sun has written a fascinating post on the rising challenge that open source database products (such as MySQL) pose to proprietary products such as Oracle and DB2. I respond from the perspective of a DB2 DBA.

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Contractors and the Open Source Movement

30-Oct-08

Contract and consulting workers provide benefits to companies similar to those provided by open source software and organization paradigms. Open source and contracting both offer flexibility, reduced cost, modularity and more rapid service delivery.

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