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On October 5, 2000, at Linux World SAP DB was announced to be made available
as Open Source software using the GNU General Public License for the database
kernel and the GNU Lesser General Public License for clients and programming
interfaces.
SAP DB - FAQ
General Why are you releasing SAP DB as Open Source?
There are other open-source databases - why SAP DB?
How many people are developing SAP DB?
Where can I get SAP DB?
With which database release is the Open Source era begin
ning?
Where can I find the latest information about SAP DB?
When will something be published?
How many SAP DB installations are there currently?
Are there restrictions in terms of the number of database users or of the database size?
Is this a special limited version?
Where can I finddo
cumentation for SAP DB?
What about customers that have already purchased SAP DB?
Technical Which platformsdo
es SAP DB support?
Which SQL standarddo
es SAP DB support?
Which interfaces are supported?
Which reorganization actions are necessary in a running SAP DB operation?
Can SAP DB systems be run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week?
Is there a C-API to access SAP DB?
Open Source Process do
es SAP just want to dump SAP DB on the open-source community and walk away?
Why are you not making all parts of the SAP DB source code available at the same time?
Where can I submit bug reports?
How will contributions be handled?
Will applications using SAP DB have to be Open Source as well?
How large a software project is this?
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General
Why are you releasing SAP DB as Open Source?
SAP believes that times have changed, that databases are becoming part of the
basic technology infrastructure, and as such, they need not be proprietary or
complex. SAP sees that the time is right to drive open-source development of
database technology and contribute to this effort by making SAP DB Open Source.
Open-source development is revolutionizing the way software is created, as
shown by the success of Linux, and SAP - which is already providing the first
comprehensive e-business solution on Linux - wants to encourage this
development.
There are other open-source databases - why SAP DB?
SAP DB is a state-of-the art, SQL-based, industrial-strength database
management system. SAP DB is platform-independent, so users can deploy
it for a wide array of projects. SAP DB is highly scalable, easy to use
and maintain, and provides full transaction support. Companies can deploy
SAP DB together with SAP applications for a complete out-of-the-box
business solution. SAP DB also goes beyond relational processing by
offering object orientation as well as support for managing unstructured
data. This comprehensive set of features and their availability as Open
Source will benefit the entire database development community.
How many people are developing SAP DB?
Since mid-1997, SAP has made considerable investments into SAP DB, which
is maintained and continuously enhanced by a dedicated team of about 100
SAP developers.
SAP DB is open to many programming languages via open interfaces that separate database and application logic for better scalability.
For developing SAP DB the following programming interfaces can be used.
ODBC , C/C Precompiler, Java(JDBC 2.0 ),Perl
On October 5, 2000, at Linux World SAP DB was announced to be made available
as Open Source software using the GNU General Public License for the database
kernel and the GNU Lesser General Public License for clients and programming
interfaces.
SAP DB - FAQ
General Why are you releasing SAP DB as Open Source?
There are other open-source databases - why SAP DB?
How many people are developing SAP DB?
Where can I get SAP DB?
With which database release is the Open Source era begin
ning?
Where can I find the latest information about SAP DB?
When will something be published?
How many SAP DB installations are there currently?
Are there restrictions in terms of the number of database users or of the database size?
Is this a special limited version?
Where can I finddo
cumentation for SAP DB?
What about customers that have already purchased SAP DB?
Technical Which platformsdo
es SAP DB support?
Which SQL standarddo
es SAP DB support?
Which interfaces are supported?
Which reorganization actions are necessary in a running SAP DB operation?
Can SAP DB systems be run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week?
Is there a C-API to access SAP DB?
Open Source Process do
es SAP just want to dump SAP DB on the open-source community and walk away?
Why are you not making all parts of the SAP DB source code available at the same time?
Where can I submit bug reports?
How will contributions be handled?
Will applications using SAP DB have to be Open Source as well?
How large a software project is this?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
General
Why are you releasing SAP DB as Open Source?
SAP believes that times have changed, that databases are becoming part of the
basic technology infrastructure, and as such, they need not be proprietary or
complex. SAP sees that the time is right to drive open-source development of
database technology and contribute to this effort by making SAP DB Open Source.
Open-source development is revolutionizing the way software is created, as
shown by the success of Linux, and SAP - which is already providing the first
comprehensive e-business solution on Linux - wants to encourage this
development.
There are other open-source databases - why SAP DB?
SAP DB is a state-of-the art, SQL-based, industrial-strength database
management system. SAP DB is platform-independent, so users can deploy
it for a wide array of projects. SAP DB is highly scalable, easy to use
and maintain, and provides full transaction support. Companies can deploy
SAP DB together with SAP applications for a complete out-of-the-box
business solution. SAP DB also goes beyond relational processing by
offering object orientation as well as support for managing unstructured
data. This comprehensive set of features and their availability as Open
Source will benefit the entire database development community.
How many people are developing SAP DB?
Since mid-1997, SAP has made considerable investments into SAP DB, which
is maintained and continuously enhanced by a dedicated team of about 100
SAP developers.
SAP DB is open to many programming languages via open interfaces that separate database and application logic for better scalability.
For developing SAP DB the following programming interfaces can be used.
ODBC , C/C Precompiler, Java(JDBC 2.0 ),Perl
