Such a move could trigger displeasure at Oracle but curry favor with open-source advocates. Image: A Sun database?

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Free and open-source software is making a splash in the world of databases. But is it reliable enough for your critical applications?

Qdrant targets AI researchers and developers with an open source vector search engine and database for unstructured data.

As Oracle, IBM and Microsoft ready the next competitive round, open-source alternatives start to make their mark.

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The three fastest growing databases of 2014 were all open source, according to a new report.

Open Source data-diff for Building and Managing Data Quality Available today, data-diff uses checksums to verify 100% consistency between two different data sources quickly and efficiently.

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Growing interest in open-source databases fuels industry of add-ons and services--vital to winning corporate customers.

An annotated roundup of open-source database packages and development tools.