ZDNet

Oracle takes a new twist on MySQL: Adding data warehousing to the cloud service

MySQL, the open source relational database that came to Oracle through the Sun Microsystems acquisition, originated as a relatively simple relational database that was known for one task: transaction ...
Forbes

Why Oracle Won't Kill MySQL

It's tempting to speculate that Oracle 's bid for Sun Microsystems is a convenient way to kill off open-source database wonder, MySQL. But MySQL's former chief executive, Mårten Mickos, sees things ...
VentureBeat

Oracle announces MySQL tweaks, HeatWave storage engine

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ZDNet

Google quietly dumps Oracle MySQL for MariaDB

Despite being the most popular open-source database management system (DBMS), Oracle's MySQL has been sinking into trouble. Major Linux distributions like Red Hat and SUSE, are switching it out for ...
Wired

Oracle May 'Fork Itself' From Open Source MySQL

Oracle's recent release of three new commercial extensions to the MySQL database has caused an outcry among some in the MySQL community. Some, including project founder Michael "Monty" Widenius, are ...
Forbes

Oracle Adds New AI-Enabling Features To MySQL HeatWave

Oracle is synonymous with database. In fact, the company has about six different databases to solve whatever data management problem you have. Are you still running OpenVMS? Oracle will hook you up ...
InfoWorld

The future of MySQL according to Oracle

Ever since Oracle’s acquisition of Sun, MySQL users have been nervous about Oracle’s commitment to the open source database, given Oracle’s own database product line. At the O’Reilly MySQL Conference ...
PC World

Oracle doubles the speed of MySQL query handling

For the next release of its open source MySQL, Oracle is making a number of changes designed to vastly boost the speed of the open source relational database management system. Such a sizeable ...
CIO

MySQL AB to Counter Oracle Buy of Innobase

Six weeks after Oracle Corp. bought Finnish software developer Innobase Oy, MySQL AB is working to provide its customers with an alternative to the open-source InnoDB database engine often used at the ...
Fudzilla

Oracle is killing MySQL

The founder of MySQL Michael Widenius "Monty" claims that Oracle is killing off his MySQL database and he is recommending that people move to his new project MariaDB. In an interview with Muktware ...
PC World

Oracle Preps MySQL Cluster for Web Use

Oracle has updated its MySQL Cluster software to make it more appealing to large Web service providers, among other users of large-volume distributed databases. MySQL Cluster 7.2, released for general ...