Usage of the open-source MySQL database is set to decline if Oracle succeeds in buying the software's owner, Sun Microsystems, according to new data released by analyst firm The 451 Group on ...

MySQL will continue to use the commercial license for those customers that embed the company's database in other products, such as other software providers.

BOSTON--Open-source software company MySQL has revamped its pricing and licensing practices in an effort to make its database more attractive to corporate customers. On Tuesday, the company ...