For answers, we reviewed six popular free or open source database products: Microsoft SQL Server Express, PostgreSQL, Oracle’s MySQL, MariaDB, Apache Derby and Firebird SQL.

In the area of database instructional book sales, considered a good indicator of developer interest, sales of SQL Server how-to books have surpassed MySQL books this year, according to Roger ...

Oracle plans to release a free version of its database by year's end that could help it better compete with Microsoft and open-source databases at the low end of the market.

Oracle intends to release a free version of its database, a reaction to the growing competitive pressure from low-end open-source databases. The database heavyweight on Tuesday is expected to ...

Microsoft has announced the first CTP of a SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) for MySQL v1.0, which automates aspects of the migration process to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 & 2008 including SQL ...

There's a lot to like about MySQL databases if you're a start-up, until success comes knocking a bit too fast. And that has now made Twoo the poster child for Clustrix, a San Francisco start-up ...

For answers, we reviewed six popular free or open source database products: Microsoft SQL Server Express, PostgreSQL, Oracle’s MySQL, MariaDB, Apache Derby, and Firebird SQL.

Oracle intends to release a free version of its database, a reaction to the growing competitive pressure from low-end open-source databases.