The rift divided MySQL and PHP, software that lets computers construct customized Web pages on the fly. The two packages are found side by side so often--along with the Linux operating system and the ...

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 ...

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 ...

For Sun Microsystems Inc., the acquisition of open-source database vendor MySQL AB is a positive step, giving Sun its own database and a growing, loyal community of open-source users and developers to ...

Percona says more than half of installs remain on version set to lose support in 2026 Users have six months to migrate from ...

Infobright on Monday unwrapped a new version of its open source data warehouse for analytics — and shared its lofty expectations for the product. “What MySQL did for databases, letting the low end of ...

It's not so much that there aren't workable business models around open source. But life is so much easier when those models can include pieces that people have to pay for as well. Gordon Haff is Red ...

MySQL on Tuesday released a version of its popular open-source database which will run on high-end servers from Hewlett Packard. The company updated the MySQL 4.0 software with the ability to run on ...

Sun’s open source buy of MySQL deftly positions both companies in a high-growth enterprise market for a new generation of Web-based applications. Exactly where Oracle, IBM, and Microsoft also plan to ...

Sun said today it will acquire open source database company MySQL for about $1 billion, a deal that would keep Sun at the center of the thriving open source software industry (see the announcement ...

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