Oracle tried to buy open-source MySQL Move reveals just how far the software giant is willing to go to adapt to the burgeoning open-source environment.

The European Union is justifiably investigating whether Oracle's proposed purchase of Sun -- and its subsidiary MySQL -- will lead to reduced competition and higher prices in the database market ...

In this article, author Deepak Vohra discusses the details of migrating an on-prem database to a MySQL database on the cloud, using AWS Database Migration Service.

Oracle announces the latest batch of updates to HeatWave that bring new capabilities for enterprise machine learning, AI-driven automation, and multi-cloud support.

Oracle probably didn't understand MySQL well enough to want to buy the open-source start-up, now part of Sun. Like a knife and screwdriver, their products are complementary.

Linux distributors have been moving from Oracle's MySQL to its popular fork, MariaDB - and now Google is also moving to MariaDB.

Thus far, Oracle has said little about its intentions for MySQL and declined to discuss the issue with InfoWorld. On its Web site, Oracle merely notes that “MySQL will be an addition to Oracle ...

MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse, announced at the Oracle CloudWorld conference, is currently available in beta and expected to be made generally available in the first half of 2023.

And Oracle's new MySQL Enterprise extensions don't remove anything from the existing MySQL open-source code. But the new extensions cover areas that cut closer to core database functionality ...

It's tempting to speculate that Oracle 's bid for Sun Microsystems is a convenient way to kill off open-source database wonder, MySQL. But MySQL's former chief executive, Mårten Mickos, sees ...