<s>
OpenQM	B-Application
is	O
a	O
MultiValue	B-Application
database	I-Application
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Ladybridge	O
Systems	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
and	O
subsequently	O
acquired	O
by	O
Zumasys	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenQM	B-Application
was	O
first	O
developed	O
in	O
1993	O
as	O
an	O
in-house	O
embedded	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
full	O
featured	O
runtime	B-Device
and	O
development	O
environment	O
in	O
2001	O
,	O
initially	O
for	O
Windows	O
and	O
subsequently	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
primarily	O
a	O
commercial	O
product	O
,	O
an	O
open-source	O
General	B-License
Public	I-License
Licence	I-License
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2004	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
to	O
allow	O
developers	O
to	O
experiment	O
with	O
ideas	O
for	O
possible	O
inclusion	O
in	O
the	O
commercial	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2008	O
,	O
a	O
community-driven	O
site	O
formed	O
to	O
direct	O
a	O
fork	O
of	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
release	O
named	O
ScarletDME	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Ladybridge	O
Systems	O
announced	O
that	O
cloud	O
solutions	O
provider	O
Zumasys	O
in	O
Irvine	O
,	O
California	O
,	O
was	O
appointed	O
as	O
the	O
worldwide	O
distributor	O
for	O
the	O
OpenQM	B-Application
MultiValue	B-Application
database	I-Application
product	O
with	O
design	O
and	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
remaining	O
with	O
the	O
UK-based	O
,	O
Ladybridge	O
Systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zumasys	O
acquired	O
full	O
ownership	O
rights	O
to	O
OpenQM	B-Application
in	O
January	O
2019	O
and	O
Martin	O
Phillips	O
became	O
a	O
Zumasys	O
employee	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
continuing	O
as	O
product	O
architect	O
and	O
primary	O
developer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
database	O
products	O
owned	O
by	O
Zumasys	O
(	O
OpenQM	B-Application
and	O
jBASE	O
)	O
were	O
sold	O
to	O
Rocket	O
Software	O
in	O
October	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenQM	B-Application
is	O
a	O
multivalue	B-Application
database	I-Application
,	O
and	O
,	O
as	O
such	O
,	O
shares	O
many	O
aspects	O
in	O
common	O
with	O
similar	O
Pick-descended	B-Application
databases	O
.	O
</s>
