Far from declining over the past few years, the open-source database has actually improved ... to Oracle lie in the historical relationship between MySQL and the software giant.

The company releases a developer version of MySQL 5.0, which can create and run stored procedures, a feature common to commercial databases. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech ...

MySQL at the end of January is expected to release a beta version of its MySQL 5.0 open source database, which is to feature enterprise-level functionality such as stored procedures and triggers ...

"MySQL is a really good open source database right now ... Because of that we developed a good relationship. It was kind of funny. Monty, being Scandinavian, wasn't like the Americans.

"We don't try to be the database that has all the features," said Urlocker, vice president of marketing for MySQL AB, the Swedish maker of an open-source database platform. "If someone needs the ...

High Performance MySQL, and co-founder of Percona, an open source database enterprise-class support company, recently wondered "Is Oracle finally killing MySQL?" His answer? Yes. From where ...

MySQL and PostgreSQL are two of the most used open source SQL databases, and both fulfill the role of a general-purpose database well. How do you choose which one to use for a project? Let's look at ...

We tested six popular free or open source relational database management systems (RDBMS): Microsoft SQL Server Express, PostgreSQL, Oracle’s MySQL, MariaDB, Apache Derby, and Firebird SQL.

users are cautiously optimistic about life under Oracle, but say Larry Ellison's team needs to offer a more detailed road map for development of the open source database. Under Sun Microsystems, MySQL ...

MySQL, fellow open-source database company Sleepycat and programming component maker Trolltech employ a strategy under which they make their software available both under an open-source license ...

contending that it would not wound the open source database. Those supporters say that MySQL co-founder Monty Widenius, free software advocate Richard Stallman, and others are whipping up ...

While many database solutions have gained popularity in recent years, MySQL—one of the oldest and most widely used open-source relational databases—has not only remained relevant but also ...