So, you downloaded the free DB2 Express-C and you have started to play around with it. Maybe you created sample database and started to explore it using DB2 Control Center. If you are a developer, you may find that DB2 Control Center does not quite fit what you think of a a development tool. It is [...]
Where did my Data Studio go?
July 20th, 2008 · No Comments
IBM may open source DB2
June 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments
“IBM may open source DB2″ is the headline headline in today’s article by Tom Espiner on ZDNet.co.uk. The article is based on the interview with Chris Livesey, IBM UK director of information management. I posted a comment on the article but I figured I’d provide a more complete explanation here in the blog.
Before I [...]
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Free DB2 is cheaper than MySQL … again!
March 13th, 2008 · No Comments
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 [...]
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