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 ...
Yahoo Finance

Tech war: Chinese database software vendor shrugs off sanctions risk on using open-source code from Oracle's MySQL system

A Chinese software vendor has brushed aside speculation that its enterprise product, which uses code from Oracle Corp's MySQL open-source relational database management system, faces the risk of ...
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 ...
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New Tool Identifies MySQL as Top Database in Software Stacks

MySQL is the most popular database, according to a new tool that ranks various development tools according to their usage in the technology stacks used by various companies. Three-year-old start-up ...
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 ...