Use this comparison matrix to learn about the differences between – and relative benefits of – the popular open source databases MySQL, PostgreSQL, Derby and H2 Database Engine (H2DB).
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Open Source Database Applications Comparison Matrix
By Kimberly McClintock • Jan 7th, 2009 • Category: Comparisons
The Six Elements of Open Source Governance
By Kimberly McClintock • Dec 19th, 2008 • Category: ArticlesNo kidding, we’ve boiled it down to six – Six Elements of Open Source Governance laid out and discussed right here. Everything you need to know in a few thousand printable, portable, highlightable words about open source policies, managing inventory, provisioning, scanning, reporting, and more.
Web Framework Project Comparison Matrix
By Kimberly McClintock • Oct 4th, 2008 • Category: ComparisonsWe’ve developed this comparison matrix to help you learn about the differences between – and relative benefits of – the most popular open source Web frameworks: Shale, Struts, Wicket, WebWork, Rails, JBossSeam, MyFaces and Spring. Although Rails is not a Java project, we included it given its popularity. To help you make a decision about which Web Framework to use, we went to the experts — members of the OpenLogic Expert Community who are committers and expert users of the projects — and asked them to answer a bunch of questions about each project.
Open Source Application Server Comparison Matrix
By Kimberly McClintock • Sep 29th, 2008 • Category: ComparisonsThe following tables represent research completed in the fall of 2007 by OpenLogic. We went to the experts — members of the OpenLogic Expert Community who are committers and expert users of the projects — and asked them to answer a set of questions. Members of Tomcat, JBoss, Jetty and GlassFish responded. Use the resulting information as a tool to plan your projects.
The Touchier Points of Determining the License of an Open Source Project
By Kimberly McClintock • Sep 4th, 2008 • Category: Open Source LicensingFiguring out the licensing terms of the open source gadget you’d like to use in in the widget you’re prototyping (and hope to offer for sale next quarter) is not as difficult as, say, absorbing the details of evolutionary biology, but neither is it a guaranteed walk in the park. In other words, it’s not dreadfully difficult, but often…
