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I know you didn't write this, Steve. The closing paragraph ("The number of programs written for DB2 is limited because it is a proprietary system that only works on IBM software.") is just a bit slanted, don't you think? DB2, like SQL Server, is certainly not open source, but I've got a developer version running on my (Windows) PC at home. And would someone explain to me what "only works on IBM software" means? Did the author (unnamed in the on-line version) mean "IBM hardware"? Which, as I said, would not be entirely true.


Anyway, I may be hallucinating here, but doesn't it seem like IBM is targeting Microsoft (without actually naming names when they do it) more and more these days? One of the sessions at next week's COMMON conference is "Desktop Wars - OpenOffice from IBM". The abstract is a bit enticing and on my list of sessions to consider. It seems like there have been other little jabs at MS's realm but, I'll admit, my mind is a complete blank right now (probably all of that hallucinating - that was a good party last night).


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Steve Dodkins wrote:
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6179021.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=z
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IBM plans to start selling products from smaller rival MySQL, a
developer of an open-source database that is used to help run Web sites,
including Yahoo, Google and YouTube.
Executives at IBM, the world's No. 2 software maker, and MySQL told
Reuters they will announce a technology and marketing partnership on
Wednesday at a MySQL users' conference in Santa Clara, California.
MySQL is a privately held company that develops standardized versions of
the open-source MySQL database. It makes money by selling service
agreements that cover upgrades, technical support and maintenance of
those programs.
Developers have embraced MySQL because its code is open source. That
makes it relatively easy to write programs that work with the database.
MySQL is one of the most popular types of open source software after
Linux, the popular computer operating system. It competes with products
from Oracle, Microsoft and other software vendors.
The agreement calls for IBM and MySQL to develop software that will make
MySQL compatible with programs that run IBM's System i line of business
computers, including IBM's i5 operating system DB2 database. IBM will
also sell MySQL's service products.
While the two companies have traditionally competed, IBM decided to team
up with MySQL because it found that some customers want both products,
said Craig Johnson, a product manager with IBM.
DB2 is designed to handle large databases that are needed to support
programs crucial to running large institutions such as banks, government
agencies and insurance companies.
MySQL is more commonly used to run activities over the Internet, from
Web sites of all sizes to business programs.
The number of programs written for DB2 is limited because it is a
proprietary system that only works on IBM software. Thousands of
programs are available for MySQL

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