The European Union is not the only one antsy about Oracle taking possession of the open source MySQL database should the commercial database giant’s merger with Sun Microsystems get final approval. So ...

Oracle is the sole proprietor of MySQL, but its community has critiqued its governance. Without improvements, the DBMS risks irrelevance.

Faithful pen open letter proposing independent foundation with or without Big Red's participation A group of influential users and developers of MySQL have invited Oracle to join their plans to create ...

Last week we reported that Sun Microsystems will acquire MySQL – the open-source database system that fuels a lot of sites – for 1 billion dollars. CEO of Sun Jonathan Schwartz wrote an insightful ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. In this episode, Thomas Betts chats with ...

The MySQL community is mostly neutral or positive about the open-source database's prospects under Oracle's stewardship, according to a newly released study. The MySQL community is mostly neutral or ...

Distro: Slackware (not sure of version)<BR>Linux: 2.4.16<BR><BR>couldn't find MySQL installation files, so I don't know what version it is. I did notice that it was in the startup sequence (/usr/local ...

Help automate security throughout the development process, from the design of the application to its production, with a rich set of enterprise security features like MySQL Enterprise Firewall, ...

I have a table of people and another table of ratings.<BR><BR>I would like to have a computed field in the people table that contains the average rating, but since mysql doesn't support this yet, i'm ...

The MySQL community is mostly neutral or positive about the open-source database's prospects under Oracle's stewardship, according to a newly released study. Open-source BI (business intelligence) ...