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 and ...

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Open-source database company MySQL continues to add capabilities common to commercial database software as it tries to shake up the multibillion-dollar market. MySQL on Monday introduced an early ...

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A day after Oracle announced plans to acquire Sun Microsystems for $7.4 billion, MySQL, one of Sun's own recent acquisitions, unveiled the next version of its popular open source database. MySQL 5.4, ...

Oracle’s recent move to acquire Sun has placed the responsibility for advancing MySQL development into the hands of the project’s most prominent competitor. The move is of deep concern to MySQL ...

MySQL on Wednesday announced general availability of Version 4.1 of its MySQL open source database, which the company is positioning as production-ready for large-scale enterprise usage. The upgrade ...

Observers say that Oracle's acquisition of MySQL will not be damaging to MySQL itself and question the motives of some detractors A number of influential members of the open-source community are ...

Then open-source database company takes a step to mend a rift in the open-source world by updating a licensing provision that had broken a close tie between the MySQL database and another software ...

As open source database architecture continues to grow in popularity, one of the bigger developers in the area has picked up some funding to target the opportunity. MariaDB Corporation, the company ...

Sun has sent shockwaves through the open-source software community today by acquiring open-source database company MySQL AB. The MySQL database is regarded as one of the core components of open source ...

Zack Urlocker likes to compare his employer's database software to a budget airline. It's cheap, devoid of luxurious trappings and doesn't expend much effort catering to customers' whims. But if the ...