With its January 2010 acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Oracle gained the MySQL open source database management software (DBMS) platform for enterprise IT environments. MySQL is designed to let users ...

MySQL is the second most popular database in use, according the DB-Engines Ranking, and is a key element of the LAMP — Linux, Apache HTTP Server, MySQL, PHP — open-source web development stack.

MySQL's open-source nature presents both challenges and opportunities, particularly in balancing community-driven development with sustainable business models.

MySQL's valuation is not much different from that of others that have been sold such as JBoss and Zimbra.

What Is MySQL Workbench?. Adding data handling capabilities to your application or website can make it more user-friendly and enable you to store information obtained from users. MySQL, a free ...

It may be time for Oracle to donate MySQL -- as it did with OpenOffice -- to The Apache Foundation, or another open source house. It's no secret that the Redwood Shores, Calif. company acquired ...

Everyone knows what the default database isolation level of MySQL is, right? Yes, it is RR. But why do major internet ...

Contributor agreements grease the funding wheels of many open source projects, but they can also endanger a project's health and stability. Simon Phipps uses the Oracle-MySQL scare to illustrate.

Although the free cost of MySQL Workbench is very attractive, performance is less than stellar when strained. Many users have also reported MySQL Workbench hangs or fails to respond.