As Microsoft woos open source folks to embrace SQL Server, Oracle is hitting back by enticing Windows developers to MySQL.

McManus calls Microsoft's support of MySQL "one of the best-kept secrets in the industry." That support takes the form of a .NET data connector that's officially maintained and supported by MySQL and ...

This new Visual Studio plug-in is going to make life much easier for those that have to jump between a command line or MySQL Administrator in order to take care of their MySQL business.