Oracle tried to buy open-source MySQL Move reveals just how far the software giant is willing to go to adapt to the burgeoning open-source environment.

The European Union is justifiably investigating whether Oracle's proposed purchase of Sun -- and its subsidiary MySQL -- will lead to reduced competition and higher prices in the database market ...

Oracle announces the latest batch of updates to HeatWave that bring new capabilities for enterprise machine learning, AI-driven automation, and multi-cloud support.

Oracle probably didn't understand MySQL well enough to want to buy the open-source start-up, now part of Sun. Like a knife and screwdriver, their products are complementary.

Thus far, Oracle has said little about its intentions for MySQL and declined to discuss the issue with InfoWorld. On its Web site, Oracle merely notes that “MySQL will be an addition to Oracle ...

Linux distributors have been moving from Oracle's MySQL to its popular fork, MariaDB - and now Google is also moving to MariaDB.

MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse, announced at the Oracle CloudWorld conference, is currently available in beta and expected to be made generally available in the first half of 2023.

Usage of the open-source MySQL database is set to decline if Oracle succeeds in buying the software’s owner, Sun Microsystems, according to new data released by analyst firm The 451 Group on ...

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 ...

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 ...