In a move to keep up with the competition, IBM on Monday introduced a free version of its DB2 database product. Big Blue hopes to win the favor of more software developers in smaller companies and projects. The “express” version provides the same core data server features as DB2 Universal Database Express Edition. That means developers can work from bases including C/C++, Java, .NET, PHP and others to build and deploy all applications.
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Big Blue Hops on Free-Database Bandwagon
Posted by: Jennifer LeClaire January 31, 2006 01:17 PMIn a move to keep up with the competition, IBM on Monday introduced a free version of its DB2 database product. Big Blue hopes to win the favor of more software developers in smaller companies and projects. The “express” version provides the same core data server features as DB2 Universal Database Express Edition. That means developers can work from bases including C/C++, Java, .NET, PHP and others to build and deploy all applications.