IBM® DB2® Express-C is the free edition of DB2 database for Linux, Windows®, Solaris, and Mac. It is easy to use and provides a solid base to build and deploy applications developed using C/C++, Java™, .NET®, PHP, Ruby on Rails, Python and other programming languages.
If you decide that you want full 24x7 support from IBM, DB2 Express-C can be seamlessly upgraded to DB2 Express, Workgroup, and Enterprise editions without modifying your database or your application.
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