Oracle isn't going to give up on its acquisition of MySQL because MySQL is a strategic wedge for it against Microsoft. Matt Asay is a veteran technology columnist who has written for CNET, ReadWrite, ...

It's tempting to speculate that Oracle 's bid for Sun Microsystems is a convenient way to kill off open-source database wonder, MySQL. But MySQL's former chief executive, Mårten Mickos, sees things ...

MySQL, the open source relational database that came to Oracle through the Sun Microsystems acquisition, originated as a relatively simple relational database that was known for one task: transaction ...

Ever since Oracle’s acquisition of Sun, MySQL users have been nervous about Oracle’s commitment to the open source database, given Oracle’s own database product line. At the O’Reilly MySQL Conference ...

Oracle has pushed out MySQL 5.6, a development milestone release of the open-source database management system. MySQL, the development of which has been stewarded by Oracle since its takeover of Sun, ...

Oracle ORCL rolled out MySQL Autopilot feature for its MySQL Heatwave service at no extra costs to Heatwave clients. The new capabilities are available on the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) ...

Oracle's recent release of three new commercial extensions to the MySQL database has caused an outcry among some in the MySQL community. Some, including project founder Michael "Monty" Widenius, are ...

Oracle is synonymous with database. In fact, the company has about six different databases to solve whatever data management problem you have. Are you still running OpenVMS? Oracle will hook you up ...

For the next release of its open source MySQL, Oracle is making a number of changes designed to vastly boost the speed of the open source relational database management system. Such a sizeable ...

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The founder of MySQL Michael Widenius "Monty" claims that Oracle is killing off his MySQL database and he is recommending that people move to his new project MariaDB. In an interview with Muktware ...

Oracle has updated its MySQL Cluster software to make it more appealing to large Web service providers, among other users of large-volume distributed databases. MySQL Cluster 7.2, released for general ...