[Nikkei BP Society] US Sybase provides Linux version "Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) Express Edition for Linux" of the company's database software. This is SYBASE disclosed on September 8th. "Small-scale enterprises and developers can develop, test, and import new applications without paying licenses, and can experience the company's products that are higher." (Company)
According to American media TechWeb, David Jacobson, director of the Sybase supervisor Data Management department, said: "Due to reduced IT budget, companies are considering adopting open source database. In order to make companies try to use the Linux database, we decided to provide ASE Express Edition for Linux. "
In addition to Sybase, US IBM and US Computer Associates (CA) also change "Cloudscape" and "IngRes" to open source software. In addition, the US Microsoft is providing the "SQL Server 2005" edition "Express Edition" for free.
ASE EXPRESS Edition for Linux is currently available. Download free via Sybase website. The database is limited to the installation of a server equipped with a CPU and an 2GB RAM, and the maximum capacity of the database is 5GB. It will also provide support for $ 2,200 annually.
