Despite impressive growth, large companies still aren’t biting on open source databases in much more than a “wide but mighty shallow” capacity. “A recent joint survey by the 451 Group and ChangeWave Research shows a good deal of resistance by executives responsible for database procurement. It found that just 8 percent of all respondents are planning a moderate or significant increase in open source database adoption,” Bill Snyder reports in Open source databases: the 97-pound weakling. That’s largely because the tools have yet to catch up, Snyder adds. And the fact that Express versions from IBM and Oracle threaten open source as well. “Before anyone relegates open source databases to technology’s dustbin, it’s worth remembering that despite all of the Silicon Valley nonsense about “The Art of War,” a successful business does not have to annihilate the enemy. What it has to do is make money.” Databases