Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 17th Jun 2008 09:08 UTC, submitted by Edisamy
IBM is positive about the possibility of bringing out its DB2 under an open source license. While the computing giant has no immediate plans to open source DB2, market conditions may make it unavoidable, according to Chris Livesey, IBM's UK director of information management software. "We have a light version of the product offered for free, which is a step towards exposing our core (DB2) technology," said Livesey. "Looking at IBM's heritage in contributing to the open source market, we've been particularly keen to lead that market. Open source is an interesting space, as a whole. As the future unfolds, and the economics become clearer, there's going to be more commitment to open source by everybody. We've made good steps towards that."
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2006-05-12
I've worked with DB2 both on Linux and Mainframe, and there are some little details that I would very much like to fix :o)
For example, on DB2 on the Mainframe, there are some some annoyance regarding error messages (or lack of). DB2 just throws you 3 hexadecimal numbers separated with semi-commas and hope that you will open the documentation by yourself to find out what it is instead of just giving the bloody message right away.