How can something that is already free be cheaper? I will get to that in a minute. DB2 Express-C is IBM’s way of offering a full function commercial grade database management system using “open source business model”. DB2 is not open source i.e. you will not be able to go to SourceForge download source and hack database kernel code. What you can do though is get DB2 Express-C without paying any money and use it any which way you like including in your production applications for as long as you wish. In other words, you get the product for free [...]

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