E-commerce sites don't have to break the bank: experts
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| Small businesses have several open-source software programs to choose from,
| including osCommerce and Zen Cart.
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http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/calgarybusiness/story.html?id=92c0fb12-b4cf-4b30-b7be-8fe6a101fa15
Open Wide to Open Source - WYSdom Dental Technologies Embeds MySQL Database
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| MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, today
| announced that UK-based WYSdom Dental Technologies has embedded the MYSQL
| database into its flagship practice management product, ICONic. The ICONic
| system provides a one-stop-shop solution to address the complex requirements
| that dental practitioners face with regards to client and back-end
| administration systems, as well as external communication with the Dental
| Practice Board.
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http://www.responsesource.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=36821&hilite=
Related:
MySQL's Mårten Mickos on Sun: "We Feel Like We Have Joined a Giant Startup"
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| MySQL's Mårten Mickos has been speaking out on the deep background to his
| company's decision, instead of pursuing an IPO, to allowing Sun to acquire
| it. "We feel like we have joined a giant startup," Mickos gushes, before
| singling out Jonathan Schwartz's "brilliant" CEO charisma as one of the chief
| tipping-points: "Who wouldn't want to work for him?"
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http://linuxbusinessnews.sys-con.com/read/497444_p.htm
At MySQL, it's business as usual
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| With Sun Microsystems announcing earlier this month that it had acquired the
| most popular open source database company, MySQL, there has been speculation
| aplenty, some of it grossly misinformed, on just how much change this will
| mean for staff at the small Swedish company.
|
| [...]
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| "Lots of MySQL employees are active within the community and have been
| encouraged to blog," he said. "This is not a closed company, what happens is
| transparent.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/16346/1148/
Sun's MySQL Move: A Win-Win
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| Gordon Haff, a senior IT advisor with consultancy Illuminata, has a less
| exuberant take on Sun's move. He sees it as a good thing for Sun as well as a
| great thing for MySQL.
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http://www.adtmag.com/article.aspx?id=21912
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