(CA-OPENOSX-COM) OpenOSX Starts Shipping OpenDB 2.2

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

CROWLEY LAKE, Calif.--(OPENOSX-COM)--Jan. 17th, 2003-- OpenOSX today began shipping a new version of their popular OpenDB product. This version brings updated software, dozens of additional enhancements, new applications and was entirely rebuilt for Jaguar bringing enhanced performance and stability. The new product features a single-click installer that will configure a Mac running Mac OS X 10.2+ into a powerful relational database server.

The OpenDB product was designed to empower users with a wide range of ready to use enterprise-level database tools as fast, conveniently and simply as possible. The OpenDB CD will install and fully configure a suite of popular server and client applications including: MySQL and PostgreSQL servers with ODBC connectivity, featuring web-based graphical server administration which supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, SSL, Samba and more.

MySQL and PostgreSQL are popular full-featured relational database management systems, combined with phpMyAdmin and phpPgAdmin to administrate and utilize them. iODBC and MyODBC enable ODBC connectivity which are standard Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for accessing information from different database systems and storage formats.

The product is based on Apache versions 1.3.27 with PHP 4.3.0, Perl 5.8.0 with mod_perl version1.27, MySQL 3.23.53 with MyODBC 2.50.39, PdfLib 4.0.3, phpMyAdmin 2.3.2, phpPgAdmin 2.4.2, iODBC 3.0.6, Freetype 2.1.2 and gd 1.8.4.

The OpenDB package is available immediately for us$30 and upgrades from previous versions of the product are us$15. OpenOSX also has complementary, specially priced, O'Reilly book bundles and 6-month hassle-free CD-subscriptions available. Limited installation support and documentation is included. Visit the OpenOSX web site for more details at: (http://OpenOSX.com/opendb).

OpenOSX is a company dedicated to serving, and expanding, the Macintosh community. Founded on the premise that many computer users are intimidated by the UNIX command-line, OpenOSX committed itself to one mission- bringing popular Unix software to both the "Unix-challenged" and the seasoned, Mac inclined system administrator in a friendly, Mac environment.

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CONTACT: OpenOSX.com
Jeshua Lacock, 760/935-4736
jeshua@OpenOSX.com
http://OpenOSX.com

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SOURCE: OpenOSX.com