As of Oct. 24, Oracle has been unable to convince a key European Commission antitrust regulator that it will develop and promote the freely available, open-source MySQL database as well as it would ...

Oracle isn't going to give up on its acquisition of MySQL because MySQL is a strategic wedge for it against Microsoft. Matt Asay is a veteran technology columnist who has written for CNET, ReadWrite, ...

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 ...

1. Rumors of its demise have been greatly exaggerated. Open-source advocates feared that Oracle, which gained ownership of the open-source MySQL database through its acquisition of Sun Microsystems, ...

The European Union is not the only one antsy about Oracle taking possession of the open source MySQL database should the commercial database giant’s merger with Sun Microsystems get final approval. So ...

The founder of MySQL Michael Widenius "Monty" claims that Oracle is killing off his MySQL database and he is recommending that people move to his new project MariaDB. In an interview with Muktware ...

Monty Widenius, one of the original cofounders of MySQL, issued a statement Monday articulating his latest views about Oracle's acquisition of Sun. He shares the European Commission's concern that the ...

Cutting corners: MySQL is a popular open-source relational database management system developed by Swedish company MySQL AB in the mid 90s. Sun Microsystems acquired the firm in 2008, which Oracle ...

Oracle has apparently raised the price of an entry-level MySQL subscription significantly. Sun Microsystems, which Oracle bought this year, had offered subscription pricing for the open-source ...

Over 3.6 million MySQL servers are publicly exposed on the Internet and responding to queries, making them an attractive target to hackers and extortionists. Of these accessible MySQL servers, 2.3 ...