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Breakthrough Analysis, by Seth Grimes
Seth Grimes is an analytics strategist with Washington DC based Alta Plana Corporation. He consults on data management and analysis systems. See More by Seth Grimes EnterpriseDB's Open (Source) Deception
Andy Astor, CEO of EnterpriseDB, stated in November, "Our offering is How does EnterpriseDB see it? CEO Astor, in an April 2006 interview, said that "the extensions that we've done [to the open source PostgreSQL that EnterpriseDB is based on] -- the Oracle compatibility for example -- is code that we share with customers who subscribe to our service." Paying customers -- and only paying customers -- can see and modify the code but "just can't redistribute it." That's open source?! Compare to Microsoft shared source licenses, which no one would call open. Microsoft's Permissive and Community licenses permit redistribution of modifications to source code that have been disclosed to customers; EnterpriseDB's terms sit just south of Microsoft's Reference licenses in restrictiveness. Simply put, Astor's is the wildest definition of "open source" I have ever seen claimed. What was Astor's December 5 response to an e-mail inquiry about Yet between then and now, as a Jolt Awards judge, I've reviewed material submitted by EnterpriseDB to support their contest entry. The company continues to make their deceptive claims. It's time for EnterpriseDB to come clean. It's time for their open  E-MAIL | SLASHDOT | DIGG This is a public forum. CMP Technology and its affiliates are not responsible for and do not control what is posted herein. CMP Technology makes no warranties or guarantees concerning any advice dispensed by its staff members or readers. Community standards in this comment area do not permit hate language, excessive profanity, or other patently offensive language. Please be aware that all information posted to this comment area becomes the property of CMP Media LLC and may be edited and republished in print or electronic format as outlined in CMP Technology's Terms of Service. Important Note: This comment area is NOT intended for commercial messages or solicitations of business.
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