Database company MySQL announced on Tuesday changes designed to appeal to both developers and corporate customers. It introduced a subscription service, called MySQL Enterprise Server, that includes a ...

The open-source community needs to figure out a consistent response to code contributions. Those who give much get little credit, while those who give little get a lot of credit. Does this sound ...

Oracle is the sole proprietor of MySQL, but its community has critiqued its governance. Without improvements, the DBMS risks irrelevance.

An open letter signed by architects, DBAs, and engineers argues that closed development, missing AI‑era features, and ...

For Sun Microsystems Inc., the acquisition of open-source database vendor MySQL AB is a positive step, giving Sun its own database and a growing, loyal community of open-source users and developers to ...

MySQL AB has made it harder for developers to use the enterprise edition of its database software for free, sparking a debate about whether the company has strayed from its obligation to its ...

Oracle sets out refreshed approach to MySQL ...

Decision to restrict free access to MySQL Enterprise Server source code is contrary to the spirit of open source, some developers say MySQL has made it harder for developers to use the enterprise ...

As the world's most popular open source database, MySQL's speed, reliability, and ease of use have made user-generated content and social media available to the masses. In the 18 months since the ...

In a Facebook engineering blog, Steaphan Greene, a Facebook software engineer, announced the creation of a new MySQL branch: WebScaleSQL. This is a version of Oracle's MySQL for gigantic database ...