OStatic

Over the last few years, two dominant open source business models have emerged: Charge for service and support, or release the software under a dual license. EnterpriseDB, with Oracle-compatible database servers based on PostgreSQL, offers a third approach: Embrace and support the open source community, while charging for proprietary, highly-valued extensions. Today, in an announcement at the Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco, the company announced that IBM is taking a stake in it, and more.