OSDN and IBM port SourceForge.net to DB2.OSDN OSDN Open Source Development Network OSDN Open Source Developer Network has announced SourceForge.net, the world's largest Open Source development web site, will run exclusively on IBM's DB2 database software for Linux--including SourceForge.net's 460,000 registered users and the 45,000 Open Source software development projects hosted on the site. The DB2 implementation will help manage the explosive growth experienced by SourceForge.net since its inception--the site registers approximately 600 new users and 70 new projects per day, and tracks approximately 3.2 million page views per day. "OSDN is thrilled to partner with IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) ," said Richard French Richard French (June 20, 1792 - May 1, 1854) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Born near Boonesborough, Kentucky, French attended private schools. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1820 and commenced practice in Winchester, Kentucky. , senior vice president and general manager of OSDN. "DB2 is a leading force in the database market and is a perfect fit with SourceForge.net, which has been established as the industry standard in collaborative software This is a list of collaborative software (or list of groupware) applications. Wiki software is on a list of wiki software. Open source or free software The following are open source or free software applications. development. SourceForge.net serves a very loyal community of IT professionals and developers, and we are confident that DB2 will provide the best technology to keep the site running smoothly and efficiently." Available to users beginning today, the SourceForge.net mailing list An automated e-mail system on the Internet, which is maintained by subject matter. There are thousands of such lists that reach millions of individuals and businesses. New users generally subscribe by sending an e-mail with the word "subscribe" in it and subsequently receive all new archives is the first portion of the site to run on DB2. This feature catalogs every email received by the site's 11,000 mailing lists, allowing site users to search through email archives as needed as needed prn. See prn order. . SourceForge.net will be fully converted to DB2 by mid-January. IBM's WebSphere Application Server (WAS) will be made available on the SourceForge.net compile farm in late October. "IBM is excited that DB2 and WebSphere solutions have been chosen to help OSDN elevate the quality of service received by SourceForge.net users," said Karen Smith, vice president, Linux Strategy and Market Development, IBM. "We are pleased to be able to demonstrate the power, scalability and reliability of DB2 for Linux, by managing the data for the world's most widely used Open Source development site--SourceForge.net." |
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