Oracle moves to assure MySQL community it really does care

Big Red waves new features including vector support, while skeptics await concrete timescales Oracle has proposed a more ...
Forbes

Why Oracle Won't Kill MySQL

It's tempting to speculate that Oracle 's bid for Sun Microsystems is a convenient way to kill off open-source database wonder, MySQL. But MySQL's former chief executive, Mårten Mickos, sees things ...
Forbes

Is MySQL HeatWave Oracle’s “Killer App” ?

Since Oracle launched its MySQL HeatWave service in December 2020, it has continuously driven differentiation in the database-as-a-service market. While competing against some of the biggest names in ...
Ars Technica

MySQL founder says Oracle should let go of MySQL

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 ...
InfoWorld

Users nervous about Oracle’s acquisition of MySQL

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 ...
PC World

Oracle doubles the speed of MySQL query handling

For the next release of its open source MySQL, Oracle is making a number of changes designed to vastly boost the speed of the open source relational database management system. Such a sizeable ...
ZDNet

SkySQL goes after Oracle MySQL with enterprise release

SkySQL, the MariaDB MySQL fork company, isn't just for open-source database management system (DBMS) experts anymore. With the release of its MariaDB Enterprise product, SkySQL is going straight for ...
ZDNet

MySQL 4.1 moves in on Oracle

MySQL, the company which sells services for the MySQL open-source database, will release the production version of MySQL 4.1 on Wednesday. Brian Aker, director of architecture at MySQL, told ZDNet UK ...