The market for database server software, seen as a barometer of overall software market health, grew slightly last year, fueled in part by Linux, new research shows. Mike Ricciuti joined CNET in 1996.

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The market for database server software, seen as a barometer of overall software market health, grew slightly last year, fueled in part by sales of Linux. Overall sales of relational database software ...