(Late notes, mostly to jot down a few URLs; also, the R.Young post I linked to above got further debate) - At http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1084150 http:

(Late notes, mostly to jot down a few URLs; also, the R.Young post I linked to above got further debate) - At http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1084150 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1084150, late in 2009, there had been some debate on the merits/etc. of DB2. - R.Young is giving the "DB2 9.7 freebie" a spin under Linux: http://drcoddwasright.blogspot.com/2010/06/bill-teds-excellent-adventure.html http://drcoddwasright.blogspot.com/2010/06/bill-teds-excelle... - A bit of search led to a series of articles by Chris Eaton. List at http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/db2luw http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/db2luw, best practices to configure DB2 guides at http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/db2luw/best-practices-for-db2-for-luw-24982 http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/db2luw/best-practices-for-db2-fo... - Another post in that series includes a comment which clarifies what is and is not included in DB2v9.7 Express-C: http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/db2luw/db2-97-announced-by-ibm-i-think-it-has-something-for-everyone-31292#2724772 http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/db2luw/db2-97-announced-by-ibm-i... ["What is not yet included in Express-C is PL/SQL support, CLPplus or build in package libraries (DBMS_PIPE, UTL_SMTP, etc)."]