Open-source database company My SQL has acquired a small Web application technology company and in the process hired its founder, Jim Starkey, a noted database software architect, MySQL announced ...

MySQL AB said today that it has acquired a small Web application technology company and in the process hired its founder, Jim Starkey, a noted database software architect.

Starkey’s move to MySQL led to speculation that the company plans to transition its database to the Firebird architecture as a defensive move against Oracle’s open-source acquisitions.

MySQL users are set to receive fresh information about Oracle's road map for the open-source database during a keynote address by Chief Corporate Architect Edward Screven at Tuesday's O'Reilly ...

MySQL architect Brian Aker discusses the future of database storage engines, Amazon's Web services, the next generation of distributed revision control and the economics of creating open source ...