MySQL 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, ...

Customers at the MySQL conference this week said Sun Microsystems‘ acquisition of the database company could increase MySQL’s credibility among senior IT decision makers still skittish about using ...

The MySQL community is mostly neutral or positive about the open-source database's prospects under Oracle's stewardship, according to a newly released study. The MySQL community is mostly neutral or ...

It takes time, leadership, and a fair amount of luck to successfully build an open-source community. It also takes money. Lots of it, if IBM's $1 billion commitment to Linux is any indication.

Though some MySQL developers worry that the acquisition will stifle growth in their community, others see Sun as providing reassurance to skittish IT workers Customers at the MySQL conference this ...