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From Chad Wagner
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In response to Re: PostgreSQL 9.0  (Ray Stell <stellr@cns.vt.edu>)
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On 1/29/07, Ray Stell <stellr@cns.vt.edu> wrote:
That said, probably, lasts gasps from a legacy system.  I'm wondering
when ora will open up its code ala sun/solaris.

According to a recent Gartner study, Oracle has 48% market share (in other words they are the market leader by a margin of 26%).

http://www.gartner.com/press_releases/asset_152619_11.html


I am pretty convinced Oracle wouldn't open source their database code.  The competition would tear them apart by "reinventing" the Oracle Database.  If you want open source Oracle code then download BDB or InnoDB ;), I think that is as close as it gets.


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