<s>
MaxDB	B-Application
is	O
an	O
ANSI	O
SQL-92	B-Language
(	O
entry	O
level	O
)	O
compliant	O
relational	B-Application
database	I-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
RDBMS	O
)	O
from	O
SAP	B-Application
AG	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
also	O
delivered	O
by	O
MySQL	B-Application
AB	O
from	O
2003	O
to	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MaxDB	B-Application
is	O
targeted	O
for	O
large	O
SAP	B-Application
environments	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
early	O
1980s	O
it	O
became	O
a	O
database	O
product	O
that	O
subsequently	O
was	O
owned	O
by	O
Nixdorf	O
Computer	O
,	O
Siemens-Nixdorf	O
,	O
Software	O
AG	O
and	O
today	O
by	O
SAP	B-Application
AG	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
at	O
various	O
times	O
been	O
named	O
VDN	O
,	O
RDS	O
,	O
Reflex	O
,	O
Supra	O
2	O
,	O
DDB/4	O
,	O
Entire	O
SQL-DB-Server	O
and	O
Adabas	B-Application
D	I-Application
.	O
In	O
1997	O
SAP	B-Application
acquired	O
the	O
software	O
from	O
Software	O
AG	O
and	O
developed	O
it	O
as	O
SAP	B-Application
DB	I-Application
,	O
releasing	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
in	O
October	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
SAP	B-Application
AG	I-Application
and	O
MySQL	B-Application
AB	O
jointly	O
re-branded	O
the	O
database	O
system	O
to	O
MaxDB	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2007	O
this	O
reselling	O
agreement	O
was	O
terminated	O
and	O
sales	O
and	O
support	O
of	O
the	O
database	O
reverted	O
to	O
SAP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAP	B-Application
AG	I-Application
now	O
manages	O
MaxDB	B-Application
development	O
,	O
distribution	O
,	O
and	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
MaxDB	B-Application
are	O
no	O
longer	O
available	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAP	B-Application
also	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Further	O
commercial	O
support	O
concepts	O
to	O
cover	O
mission	O
critical	O
use	O
requirements	O
outside	O
of	O
SAP	B-Application
scenarios	O
are	O
currently	O
subject	O
to	O
discussion.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
MaxDB	B-Application
since	O
version	O
7.5	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
code	O
base	O
of	O
SAP	B-Application
DB	I-Application
7.4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MaxDB	B-Application
is	O
delivered	O
with	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
administration	O
and	O
development	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
tools	O
are	O
available	O
with	O
both	O
a	O
GUI	B-Application
and	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
CLI	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
offers	O
bindings	B-Application
for	O
JDBC	B-Language
;	O
ODBC	B-Application
;	O
SQLDBC	O
(	O
native	O
C/C	O
++	O
interface	O
)	O
;	O
precompiler	O
;	O
PHP	B-Application
;	O
Perl	B-Language
;	O
Python	B-Language
;	O
WebDAV	B-Protocol
;	O
OLE	B-Language
DB	I-Language
,	O
ADO	B-Library
,	O
DAO	O
,	O
RDO	B-Device
and	O
.NET	B-Application
via	O
ODBC	B-Application
;	O
Delphi	B-Language
and	O
Tcl	B-Operating_System
via	O
Third	O
Party	O
Programming	O
Interfaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MaxDB	B-Application
is	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
,	O
offering	O
releases	O
for	O
HP-UX	B-Application
,	O
IBM	B-Application
AIX	I-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
2000	I-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
Server	I-Application
2003	I-Application
,	O
and	O
up	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Windows	I-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
MaxDB	B-Application
offers	O
built-in	O
hot	O
backup	O
,	O
does	O
not	O
need	O
any	O
online	O
reorganizations	O
and	O
claims	O
to	O
be	O
SQL	O
92	O
Entry-Level	O
compatible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MaxDB	B-Application
since	O
version	O
7.7.00	O
,	O
uses	O
multiversion	B-Operating_System
concurrency	I-Operating_System
control	I-Operating_System
(	O
MVCC	O
)	O
instead	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
lock	O
based	O
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MaxDB	B-Application
was	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
(	O
GPL	B-License
)	O
from	O
versions	O
7.2	O
through	O
7.6	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Programming	O
interfaces	O
were	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
with	O
exceptions	O
for	O
projects	O
released	O
under	O
other	O
open	O
source	O
licenses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAP	B-Application
DB	I-Application
7.3	O
and	O
7.4	O
were	O
licensed	O
as	O
GPL	B-License
but	O
with	O
LGPL	B-Application
drivers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MaxDB	B-Application
7.5	O
was	O
offered	O
under	O
dual	O
licensing	O
,	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
licensed	O
as	O
GPL	B-License
with	O
GPL	B-License
drivers	O
or	O
a	O
commercial	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
version	O
7.5	O
through	O
version	O
7.6	O
onwards	O
distribution	O
of	O
MaxDB	B-Application
(	O
previously	O
SAP	B-Application
DB	I-Application
)	O
to	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
community	O
was	O
provided	O
by	O
MySQL	B-Application
AB	O
,	O
the	O
same	O
company	O
that	O
develops	O
the	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
database	O
,	O
MySQL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
was	O
done	O
by	O
SAP	B-Application
AG	I-Application
,	O
MySQL	B-Application
AB	O
and	O
the	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2007	O
SAP	B-Application
assumed	O
full	O
sales	O
and	O
commercial	O
support	O
for	O
MaxDB	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MaxDB	B-Application
7.6	O
is	O
now	O
closed	B-Application
source	I-Application
,	O
available	O
free-of-charge	O
(	O
without	O
support	O
,	O
and	O
with	O
usage	O
restrictions	O
)	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
non-SAP	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
