Peter Zaitsev reported recently that new versions of MySQL Community edition are no longer available for download from the MySQL Download Area. This provoked a storm of speculation that MySQL was ...

Hello all. For those who don't know, I co-run a web hosting company. We recently upgraded MySQL from 4.x to 5.x, then back down to 4.x (I can get specific versions if necessary) due to ...

GitHub recently upgraded its MySQL infrastructure from version 5.7 to 8.0. The motivation behind this upgrade was 5.7 reaching the end of life, and a need to leverage the latest security patches ...

Oracle today showed off the beta of a "much faster" MySQL and insisted that the company will continue to invest in the open source database.At the annual MySQL conference, Edward Screven, Oracle's ...

Sun has announced the official release of MySQL 5.1, a new version of the popular open source database software. Although Sun has declared that this version is ready for widespread adoption in ...

MySQL is aiming for speedier development cycles than most database companies. The company is currently focusing on two products: MySQL versions 4.1 and 5.0.