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Open Source Database Vendors Rival mySQL

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Startup EnterpriseDB said it aims to compete with MySQL AB, the open-source database leader while also taking on rivals Pervasive Software and Greenplum. Greenplum recently unveiled a software and hardware bundle that includes data analysis tools and an early version of the company’s specialized business intelligence database, which is built around a version of the PostgreSQL open-source database designed specifically for building large-scale analysis databases. PostgreSQL is the collective work of hundreds of developers which started at the University of California at Berkeley. Pervasive Software touts Pervasive Postgres as community-maintained open source database along with a bundle of connectivity drivers and management tools like views, triggers, stored procedures and security.

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