At the end of last week's newsletter about the latest MySQL update, I asked how this open source database is being used among newsletter readers. From the large response, it appears the database ...

MySQL is broadly used by cloud applications, and Google is trying to keep it fuss-free — no small feat for any piece of software, let alone a database notorious in its needs for tweaks to work well.

With its January 2010 acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Oracle gained the MySQL open source database management software (DBMS) platform for enterprise IT environments. MySQL, which uses SQL ...

Hi, I hope this is the right forum. I need a easy foolproof software that will convert files from mysql to Excel (converting to Access would be a plus). Could I get recommendations and links that ...

To generate interest from developers, Boston-based Akiban Technologies has released as open source its flagship database software, called Akiban Server. The company also released a connector for ...

Sun has claimed that completing its purchase of the open-source database developer MySQL will enable it to become the most complete provider of open-source server software. Jonathan Schwartz, Sun ...

MySQL is owned and sponsored by the Swedish firm MySQL AB, a for-profit firm. It holds the copyright to most of their code base and touts more than 11 million installations of the software worldwide.

Software developers using open source need to know the risks. While many software companies bill their technology as slick and sophisticated, MySQL is comfortable as the Honda Civic of databases.

On Monday, the company released the latest development version of the software, MySQL Development Milestone 5.7.4, along with a number of associated programs for managing the database. The last ...

A new start-up claims it can scale MySQL for the cloud, making it easier for applications to grow at a rapid pace.