The rift divided MySQL and PHP, software that lets computers construct customized Web pages on the fly. The two packages are found side by side so often--along with the Linux operating system and the ...

Then open-source database company takes a step to mend a rift in the open-source world by updating a licensing provision that had broken a close tie between the MySQL database and another software ...

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users are cautiously optimistic about life under Oracle, but say Larry Ellison's team needs to offer a more detailed road map for development of the open source database. Under Sun Microsystems, MySQL ...

With a pending fee increase and the elimination of lower-tier license plans, customers could see annual costs increase more than four-fold MySQL users who were once nervous that Oracle would let the ...

Michael Widenius, the creator of the MySQL server, one of the most widely used and popular open software software, is now asking for everyone’s help to keep it that way. With the imminent takeover of ...