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Dear Oracle, we need to talk about the future of MySQL

Faithful pen open letter proposing independent foundation with or without Big Red's participation A group of influential ...
ZDNet

Sun acquires MySQL; Adds to its software stack

With the move, announced Wednesday, Sun takes a big leap into the $15 billion database market and pits it against the likes of Microsoft, IBM and Oracle. MySQL (all resources) also gives Sun entry to ...
IT Business Edge

Best Database Management Software 2022

Database Management System (DBMS) software acts as an interface between an end user and a database and is designed to allow users to create databases as well as store, manipulate and manage data in an ...
ZDNet

Sun: MySQL buy 'most important in software history'

Sun has claimed that completing its purchase of the open-source database developer MySQL will enable it to become the most complete provider of open-source server software. Jonathan Schwartz, Sun's ...
CNET

Mainframes get open-source database

MySQL, the Swedish company that sells the open-source database of the same name, releases a version of its software for IBM's mainframe line. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...
CRN

Software Groups Oppose Oracle Ownership Of MySQL

The Open Rights Group, Knowledge Ecology International, and U.S. software freedom activist Richard Stallman on Tuesday released an open letter to the European Commissioner for Competition Neelie Kroes ...