MySQL AB has made it harder for developers to use the enterprise edition of its database software for free, sparking a debate about whether the company has strayed from its obligation to its ...

Database company MySQL announced on Tuesday changes designed to appeal to both developers and corporate customers. It introduced a subscription service, called MySQL Enterprise Server, that includes a ...

For Sun Microsystems Inc., the acquisition of open-source database vendor MySQL AB is a positive step, giving Sun its own database and a growing, loyal community of open-source users and developers to ...

Oracle has brushed aside an outreach from the open-source database community seeking more cooperative support for the MySQL project. Many long-time MySQL contributors, engineers, and ecosystem leaders ...

Peter Zaitsev reported recently that new versions of MySQL Community edition are no longer available for download from the MySQL Download Area. This provoked a storm of speculation that MySQL was ...

Cutting corners: MySQL is a popular open-source relational database management system developed by Swedish company MySQL AB in the mid 90s. Sun Microsystems acquired the firm in 2008, which Oracle ...

Deja vu. Remember 2002? That's when Red Hat decided to split its code into Red Hat Advanced Server (now Red Hat Enterprise Linux) and Fedora. Howls of protest and endless hand-wringing ensued: How ...

Decision to restrict free access to MySQL Enterprise Server source code is contrary to the spirit of open source, some developers say MySQL has made it harder for developers to use the enterprise ...