Original author of open source database 'not surprised' but 'saddened' as critics slam vendor's layoffs Oracle has instigated ...

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 ...

Six weeks after Oracle Corp. bought Finnish software developer Innobase Oy, MySQL AB is working to provide its customers with an alternative to the open-source InnoDB database engine often used at the ...

Michael Widenius, the original creator of the MySQL database system, announced in a blog entry on Thursday that he has left Sun Microsystems and is launching his own company. He is unsatisfied with ...

'We don't see ourselves competing with Oracle and IBM. There's a need for a commodity database that's fast and easy to use. We don't see IBM and Oracle trying to be in that space.' Mårten Mickos, the ...

MySQL AB, makers of the popular open source database MySQL, announced with Pearson VUE a new MySQL certification program. The program aims to make sure that software developers who create products ...

With work under way to build the next version of the MySQL relational database software, Oracle is focusing much of its efforts on improving the software’s performance and replication capabilities, ...

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MySQL AB, the world's most popular open source database, has given recognition to Eventfinder by including the New Zealand events calendar as a reference client. Eventfinder recently re-developed its ...