Since Oracle launched its MySQL HeatWave service in December 2020, it has continuously driven differentiation in the database-as-a-service market. While competing against some of the biggest names in ...

Martin Mickos calls one of Oracle's products "crippleware" and then names the company as a partner of the year. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital ...

Developers in the MySQL community are working together to challenge Oracle to improve transparency and commitment in its handling of the popular open source database, while considering other options, ...

Oracle is taking steps to "repair" its relationship with the MySQL community, according to sources, by moving "commercial-only" features into the database application's Community Edition and ...

Oracle is releasing MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse, enabling customers to query data in object storage as fast as querying data inside the database. MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse supports a variety of object ...

But Oracle has promised to make development of the Community Edition of the database more transparent and inclusive, and to roll in features previously limited to commercial versions of the database.

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 ...