IBM could release a free version of its DB2 database next year, according to a company executive. Teo Wan Ping, IBM Singapore's brand manager for information management, told ZDNet Asia that IBM could ...

With open source competitors like MySQL gobbling up market share, companies that distribute proprietary database solutions have started to look for ways to increase interest in their products.

IBM is positive about the possibility of bringing out its DB2 database management software under an open-source license. While the computing giant has no immediate plans to open-source DB2, market ...