Take a position on Why open-source software will (or will not) soon dominate the field of database management tools
The open-source movement has been a breath of fresh air in many areas of
computer systems development, not just databases. The idea is fairly simple if
somewhat counterintuitive: give away your product to make money. The odd part is,
it works, at least part of the time. What it amounts to is that by making the core
source code of major applications common knowledge, you encourage people to
build on that, and the more applications and specific tools people build on it, the
more you have the opportunity to create a critical mass of users and uses. Netscape
pioneered the approach, although they subsequently lost the initiative, and it is clear
that in the area of operating systems, Linux has at least managed to put a scare into
Microsoft Windows.
In this module, we look at the issue of open source applications in database
management. There’s no question that it is somewhat more complicated and more
organizationally difficult to put together an effective database management system
using open-source components than is to simply write a large check to Oracle,
Microsoft, or SAP. Yet enough companies are moving this direction that it warrants
attention. At the very least, anyone with a degree in information technology
management would be expected to have a reasonable acquaintance with the idea of
open-source software and so it will pay you to give some attention to this
phenomenon.
Here are some takes on the question of open-source software:
Berkeley.edu. (n.d.). Selecting your database platform. http://dbaservices.
berkeley.edu/services/selecting_a_platform.
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