MySQL expands open-source database The company releases a developer version of MySQL 5.0, which can create and run stored procedures, a feature common to commercial databases.

MySQL originator Monty Widenius and Percona CEO Peter Zaitsev have recently formed the Open Database Alliance (ODA), a vendor-neutral consortium that aims to become a hub for the MySQL open source ...

By comparing and contrasting PostgreSQL and MySQL here, Knowledge Center contributor Jim Mlodgenski guides you to a more informed decision about which open-source database is right for your ...

MySQL on Wednesday announced general availability of Version 4.1 of its MySQL open source database, which the company is positioning as production-ready for large-scale enterprise usage.

MySQL originator Monty Widenius and Percona CEO Peter Zaitsev have recently formed the Open Database Alliance (ODA), a vendor-neutral consortium that aims to become a hub for the MySQL open source ...

MySQL on Tuesday released a version of its popular open-source database which will run on high-end servers from Hewlett Packard. The company updated the MySQL 4.0 software with the ability to run ...

MySQL may compete for database business with IBM, but that didn't stop the two vendors from agreeing to let MySQL's namesake open-source software run on IBM's System i servers and use DB2 as a ...

Such critics feel that the future of the enormously popular open source MySQL database is in jeopardy. According to statistics from Netcraft (which Mickos himself cited), there are approximately 12 ...

Oracle has added additional commercial extensions to the enterprise edition of its open-source MySQL database, further differentiating it from the community version available to anyone at no charge.

Open-source database company MySQL continues to add capabilities common to commercial database software as it tries to shake up the multibillion-dollar market. MySQL on Monday introduced an early ...