Beloved by Linux users since its original release in 1996, GIMP is one of the most famous and best-maintained open source software tools out there. This software is about as close to image editing ...

Open-source database Ingres targets software firms Looking to woo application companies, Ingres is creating a combo of its open-source database and Linux operating system.

New open source databases users seem to blend the fervor of religious converts with the hardheaded realism of IT professionals. “I needed an inexpensive database that could handle millions of ...

Pervasive Software, the power behind a Btrieve-based embeddable database, is expanding into the open-source world by backing PostgreSQL.

As Oracle, IBM and Microsoft ready the next competitive round, open-source alternatives start to make their mark.

In 2006 Oracle acquired Sleepycat Software and its Sleepycat DB Berkeley open-source database for an undisclosed sum, one year after it bought Innobase, the Finnish maker of the open-source InnoDB ...

An annotated roundup of open-source database packages and development tools.

Open-source database company MySQL continues to add capabilities common to commercial database software as it tries to shake up the multibillion-dollar market. MySQL on Monday introduced an early ...

P ercona itself is a US East Coast headquartered open source database software and services specialist. The company concentrates on managing a chosen group of open database environments including ...

Open-source database Ingres targets software firms Looking to woo application companies, Ingres is creating a combo of its open-source database and Linux operating system.