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 ...

How to install and configure the latest edition of the popular open source database, plus tips for migrating from MySQL 7 MySQL remains one of the most common and consistent elements in the modern ...

Oracle isn't going to give up on its acquisition of MySQL because MySQL is a strategic wedge for it against Microsoft. Oracle is determined to keep MySQL if it acquires Sun, but the reason likely has ...

The latest trends in software development from the Computer Weekly Application Developer Network. Take a deep breath… Oracle’s eponymously named Oracle MySQL Database Service with integrated MySQL ...

Nearly 200 developers, users, and companies from the MySQL ecosystem have urged Oracle in an open letter to reconsider the future governance of the open-source database. The letter was published after ...

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 ...

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 ...