Comparison of relational database management systems
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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of text editors. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date.
General information
Basic general information about the archivers: creator/company, license/price etc.
Creator | First public release date | Latest stable version | Cost (USD) | Software license | |
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DB2 | IBM | 1982 | 8.2 | ? | Proprietary |
Firebird | FirebirdSQL Foundation | 25 July, 2000 | 1.5.2 | Free | InterBase Public License |
Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft | 1989 | 2000 | ? | Proprietary |
MySQL | MySQL AB | ? | 4.1 | Free, or €250.00 (Classic) / €500.00 (Pro) | GPL, or other licenses |
Oracle | Oracle Corporation | 1977 | 10g | ? | Proprietary |
PostgreSQL | Oracle Corporation | June, 1989 | 8.0 | Free | BSD license |
SQLite | D. Richard Hipp | August 17 2000 | 3.1.3 | Free | Public domain |
Sybase | Sybase | 1987 | 12.5.3 | ? | Proprietary |
Creator | First public release date | Latest stable version | Cost (USD) | Software license |