While NoSQL may be getting all the buzz, in many cases an old fashioned relational database, such as MySQL, may work just as well if not better. That was the message from a number of MySQL users ...

MySQL users are cautiously optimistic about life under Oracle, but say Larry Ellison’s team needs to offer a more detailed road map for development of the open source database. Under Sun ...

Australian MySQL expert Arjen Lentz today said that Oracle's purchase of Sun Microsystems and the associated MySQL open-source database assets was not a problem for MySQL users.

MySQL's Marten Mickos says that coming under the Sun Microsystems umbrella will not change the interaction between his company and its user community.

Customers at the MySQL conference this week said Sun Microsystems' acquisition of the database company could increase MySQL's credibility among senior IT decision makers still skittish about using ...

Open source database software maker MySQL AB warned its users to tighten security Thursday, after news broke about a new Internet worm that targets Windows computers running the popular relational ...

Though some MySQL developers worry that the acquisition will stifle growth in their community, others see Sun as providing reassurance to skittish IT workers ...

Open-source database software maker MySQL AB warned users to tighten security yesterday after reports of a new Internet worm that targets its popular database. The company is also looking at ...

Reporter's Notebook: Co-founders David Axmark and Michael Widenius reflect on the open-source database's speed and reliability, and discuss the new features in MySQL 5.0.