Oracle Corp.’s $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc. will bring together the world’s most valuable relational database with the most popular open-source one — MySQL. Oracle reaped $22 ...

Oracle is determined to keep MySQL if it acquires Sun, but the reason likely has little to do with open source and everything to do with Microsoft. Oracle doesn't compete with open source. Not really.

MariaDB, an open-source database management system (DBMS) and MySQL fork has been gaining inroads in enterprise software and its founders formed a foundation, the MariaDB Foundation, to promote its ...

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 ...

HELSINKI, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The main rival to Sun's MySQL database has always been Oracle not Microsoft , the creator of MySQL said, as the EU nears an antitrust decision on a proposed $7 billion ...

Earlier today Oracle executives, in an event spanning more than four hours, presented their strategy for integrating Sun’s assets with Oracle. I’ll just update readers on the section related to Sun’s ...

HELSINKI (Reuters) - The main rival to Sun's MySQL database has always been Oracle not Microsoft , the creator of MySQL said, as Europe nears an antitrust decision on Oracle's proposed $7 billion ...

To help customers simplify management of complex IT environments, Oracle is extending Oracle Enterprise Manager capabilities to MySQL databases. With this new offering, customers can manage complex ...

There is nothing the media likes more than a good fight. It lets them take sides. (Yes, that's Brad Pitt in Fight Club again. You prefer a gossip mag photo of him and Angelina?) This is not Mr. & Mrs.