Percona will launch its new Percona Server 5.6 at 8AM tomorrow morning which will feature many of the features of MySQL enterprise edition for free.

The 5.6 series for MySQL has reached the point where Oracle feels comfortable in releasing an updated MySQL Enterprise Edition for its paying customers. This version includes a significantly ...

Such work is being applauded in the MySQL community. “From an engineering standpoint, Oracle is doing the best work on MySQL that’s ever been done,” said Baron Schwartz, chief performance ...