>>>MySQL and Postgres are free, last I heard.
>>
>>Interestingly, a new player in the PB-class DB field is based on PostgreSQL:
http://www.dbms2.com/2008/08/25/greenplum-is-in-the-big-leagues/>
>Yeah, and I've been interfacing with Firebird a little bit recently. Lots of options. M$ is still the extreme heavyweight in this arena, however.
Have you seen any recent market share figures? For many years Oracle basically owned the SQL RDBMS market with DB2 having some share. Then Sybase/MSSQL got a toehold, MS poured in resources and the last I saw MSSQL was neck-and-neck with Oracle.
Regards. Al
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