With its January 2010 acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Oracle gained the MySQL open source database management software (DBMS) platform for enterprise IT environments. MySQL is designed to let users ...

The MySQL relational database serves as a back end for millions of websites, and powers millions of non-Internet data-handling applications. In 2009 ownership of MySQL passed to Oracle when it ...

With the latest update to MySQL HeatWave, Oracle shows no signs of slowing down. And I think this service may be the “killer app” for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)—or even Oracle as a ...

MySQL is a database (see D - Do you speak my language: D is for Database, debug, DNS) program. It is a very powerful and fast database and is very useful in teaching set-ups, but it does lack of ...

MariaDB, the MySQL fork database management system, is throwing down the gauntlet to Oracle by forming a foundation to promote its alternative DBMS software.

It may be time for Oracle to donate MySQL -- as it did with OpenOffice -- to The Apache Foundation, or another open source house. It's no secret that the Redwood Shores, Calif. company acquired ...

While there is no shortage of questions surrounding what Oracle has in store for Sun Microsystems, perhaps the most intriguing one is what Oracle will do with MySQL. Will it live or will Oracle, which ...

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.

What Is MySQL Workbench?. Adding data handling capabilities to your application or website can make it more user-friendly and enable you to store information obtained from users. MySQL, a free ...