With the move, announced Wednesday, Sun takes a big leap into the $15 billion database market and pits it against the likes of Microsoft, IBM and Oracle. MySQL (all resources) also gives Sun entry to ...

With its January 2010 acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Oracle gained the MySQL open source database management software (DBMS) platform for enterprise IT environments. MySQL, which uses SQL ...

Developed by Sweden's MySQL AB, MySQL 4.0 is a free, open-source database that offers real advantages—and real limitations—compared with the commercial packages in our roundup. Aiming for reliability ...

When it comes to open-source licenses, developers have their fair share of choices (GPL, BSD, MIT, Apache, etc.), all of them with their own pros and cons. The same goes for commercial licenses. MySQL ...

MySQL is amongst the most popular database platforms for storing critical data for businesses and individuals. While it is known for its reliability, MySQL is not infallible especially as the ...

Sun has claimed that completing its purchase of the open-source database developer MySQL will enable it to become the most complete provider of open-source server software. Jonathan Schwartz, Sun's ...

Then open-source database company takes a step to mend a rift in the open-source world by updating a licensing provision that had broken a close tie between the MySQL database and another software ...

Install MySQL by downloading the MySQL Community Server following the instructions. This project was tested using MySQL Community Server 5.6.12 for Mac OS X version 10.7 (x86, 64 bit). The most ...

The Open Rights Group, Knowledge Ecology International, and U.S. software freedom activist Richard Stallman on Tuesday released an open letter to the European Commissioner for Competition Neelie Kroes ...