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I just read Gartner’s estimate of the open source database market; the report states:
We also believe this growth will continue during the next five years at more than 40%, passing $1 billion in revenue by 2013.
Two things surprised me about this forecast.
Gartner’s open source database forecast doesn’t make sense | Open [...]

The database market – currently at $18 billion a year (£12.3 billion) – will shrink substantially as the recession drives users to accept the open source message, according to open source database company Ingres.
Companies who now pay large software licence fees will finally make the move to open source software which costs a fraction of [...]

Greenplum, the high-end open source database house and friend of Sun – so it’s gotta be nibbling on its nails wondering whether it’s lost a channel – has some sexy new technology to accelerate data loading for companies stressing under exponential data growth.
It’s called MPP Scatter/Gather Streaming or SG Streaming for short and it’s supposed [...]

Commercial databases can be costly and restrictive, but companies large and small are increasingly looking to open source databases to increase flexibility and bring down costs. Here are 10 tips for IT professionals who are thinking about implementing an open source
Harvesting, querying, delivering, enriching and analyzing data is at the heart of every business. [...]