Oracle's 'gun to the head' licensing: if I were them I'd do the same, says Linux Foundation board director

John Leonard
John Leonard
clock 21 March 2016 •
Oracle's 'gun to the head' licensing: if I were them I'd do the same, says Linux Foundation board director

But they won't be able to do it for ever, says Frank Fanzilli of EnterpriseDB

There are some big changes going on in the once staid world of databases. Take for example, Microsoft's recent decision to offer SQL Server for free (with caveats) in what appears to be a blatant attempt...

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