Open Source Database Management Systems

2005 ◽  
pp. 457-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sulayman K. Sowe ◽  
Ioannis Samoladas ◽  
Ioannis Stamelos
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Database Management ◽  
Database Management Systems ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Free Open Source Software ◽  
Source Database ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
Free Open Source

This article discusses open source database management systems (OSDBMS) trends from two broad perspectives. First, the software engineering discipline platform on which databases are built has recently witnessed a new form of software development—Free/Open Source Software Development (F/OSSD). Methodically, the F/OSSD paradigm has changed the way relational databases, initiated in the 1960s and 1970s, are developed, distributed, supported, and maintained. Second, commercial relational database management systems (RDBMS) still dominate the database market because, on one hand, vendors and users are skeptical of the boon of applications developed and distributed under the F/OSSD paradigm, and on the other hand, it has been argued that OSDBMS are not likely to follow the successful trend of other robust Free/Open Source Software (F/OSS) systems (Linux, Apache, etc.). This article presents trends in OSDBMS by looking at the morphology and landscape of the type of applications developed by the F/OSS community. Implementation of F/OSS strategies and factors mitigating the adoption and utilization of OSDBMS are explored by looking at the interactions between the F/OSSD process and database firms, vendors, and users.

A Generalized Comparison of Open Source and Commercial Database Management Systems

2011 ◽  
pp. 296-304
Author(s):  
Theodoros Evdoridis
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Database Management ◽  
Database Management Systems ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Commercial Products ◽  
Database Model ◽  
Source Database ◽  
Main System ◽  
Closed Source

This chapter attempts to bring to light the field of one of the less popular branches of the open source software family, which is the open source database management systems branch. In view of the objective, the background of these systems will first be briefly described followed by presentation of a fair generic database model. Subsequently and in order to present these systems under all their possible features, the main system representatives of both open source and commercial origins will be compared in relation to this model, and evaluated appropriately. By adopting such an approach, the chapter’s initial concern is to ensure that the nature of database management systems in general can be apprehended. The overall orientation leads to an understanding that the gap between open and closed source database management systems has been significantly narrowed, thus demystifying the respective commercial products.

A Generalized Comparison of Open Source and Commercial Database Management Systems

2009 ◽  
pp. 13-27
Author(s):  
Theodoros Evdoridis ◽  
Theodoros Tzouramanis
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Database Management ◽  
Database Management Systems ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Commercial Products ◽  
Database Model ◽  
Source Database ◽  
Main System ◽  
Closed Source

This chapter attempts to bring to light the field of one of the less popular branches of the open source software family, which is the open source database management systems branch. In view of the objective, the background of these systems will first be briefly described followed by presentation of a fair generic database model. Subsequently and in order to present these systems under all their possible features, the main system representatives of both open source and commercial origins will be compared in relation to this model, and evaluated appropriately. By adopting such an approach, the chapter’s initial concern is to ensure that the nature of database management systems in general can be apprehended. The overall orientation leads to an understanding that the gap between open and closed source database management systems has been significantly narrowed, thus demystifying the respective commercial products.

A Generalized Comparison of Open Source and Commercial Database Management Systems

2011 ◽  
pp. 294-308
Author(s):  
Theodoros Evdoridis
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Database Management ◽  
Database Management Systems ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Commercial Products ◽  
Database Model ◽  
Source Database ◽  
Main System ◽  
Closed Source

This chapter attempts to bring to light the field of one of the less popular branches of the open source software family, which is the open source database management systems branch. In view of the objective, the background of these systems will first be briefly described followed by presentation of a fair generic database model. Subsequently and in order to present these systems under all their possible features, the main system representatives of both open source and commercial origins will be compared in relation to this model, and evaluated appropriately. By adopting such an approach, the chapter’s initial concern is to ensure that the nature of database management systems in general can be apprehended. The overall orientation leads to an understanding that the gap between open and closed source database management systems has been significantly narrowed, thus demystifying the respective commercial products.

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