eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. MySQL ABs open-source database license has long confused ...

Then open-source database company takes a step to mend a rift in the open-source world by updating a licensing provision that had broken a close tie between the MySQL database and another software ...

Michael Widenius, the creator of the MySQL server, one of the most widely used and popular open software software, is now asking for everyone’s help to keep it that way. With the imminent takeover of ...

Michael "Monty" Widenius, who co-authored the original MySQL in the 1990s, posted that he was "Heartbroken to hear about the ...

With a pending fee increase and the elimination of lower-tier license plans, customers could see annual costs increase more than four-fold MySQL users who were once nervous that Oracle would let the ...

Following talks with European regulators regarding its planned Sun takeover, Oracle makes 10 commitments to help keep MySQL a competitive database product. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Three years in the making, MySQL 5.0 was finally released ...

The rift divided MySQL and PHP, software that lets computers construct customized Web pages on the fly. The two packages are found side by side so often--along with the Linux operating system and the ...