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  1. MaxDB is the current name
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Page moved. Ryan Norton T | @ | C 01:01, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

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As of Maxdb 7.6 the license is no longer GPL.It is closed source freeware (for non SAP) applications. - https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/MaxDB/Main&

[edit] Conflict of interest

This article is full of promotional language. Unsurprisingly, it has been edited CJCollier who works for MySQL!

Can you give one example of promotional language here? Looks very fair to me. 212.76.37.180 13:59, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
Yes for example all of the text quoted below is complete promotional jargon.

"MaxDB is an ANSI SQL-92 (entry level) compliant relational database management system (RDBMS) from SAP AG, which is delivered by MySQL AB as well. MaxDB fulfills the needs for enterprise usage: reliability, scalability, high concurrency and performance. Over the years it has proven able to run SAP R/3 and terabytes of data in 24x7 operation. MaxDB is targeted for large mySAP Business Suite environments and other applications that require maximum enterprise-level database functionality."

Although factual, the choice of words is the key factor that makes it promotional particularly "jargon" eg "fulfills the needs", which is open to challenge. The definition needs to be written in plain English eg "Over the years it has proven able to run....." could be written as "It can run......" and 24X7 operation presumably means continuously.

[edit] is MaxDB GPL Source Code still available?

Since MaxDB released for while with GPL, is that license still considered valid for that source code? Is such a source code still available? Are there any products derived from GPL'd MaxDB?

65.166.51.6 (talk) 18:57, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

http://downloads.mysql.com/archives/maxdb/7.6.00.34/maxdb-source-7_6_00_34.tgz search for its MD5: ddf9a1f53262d90e259e80aa99be9455