MySQL developers have used Microsoft source code in version 4.1 of the open-source database, which is due for final release in two weeks. Microsoft made the code for its Windows Installer XML (WiX ...

To properly evaluate the strengths of PostgreSQL and MySQL, the two leading open-source databases, one must look at the history and pedigree of each, and their feature functionality and performance.

He left Sun in 2009 to start up MariaDB, a new version of the MySQL source code, under the umbrella corporation Monty Program AB. Widenius lobbied the European Commission to prevent the merger, ...

MySQL and PostgreSQL are two popular open-source database products. The addition of stored procedures to MySQL 5.0 is designed to make the database more attractive to corporate customers .

MySQL, an open-source database company, ... Because MySQL owns copyright to all the MySQL code, it can include additional license provisions to its software. The new provision, ...

YouTube engineers are developing a set of software, called Vitess, that will help open-source MySQL databases work more efficiently in very large-scale production environments. To write the code ...

But free source code and inexpensive licensing aren’t the only reasons why users sing MySQL’s praises. Performance also rises to the top of the list. Cotner says that the 700GB data warehouse ...

Linux is still the most famous open-source app, but database software using the same model is getting some play. MySQL is giving established software firms a run for their money. By Joanna Glasner.

Code that Microsoft made available under a public licence earlier this year will be in the next production release of the open-source database MySQL MySQL developers have used Microsoft source ...

YouTube engineers are developing a set of software, called Vitess, that will help open-source MySQL databases work more efficiently in very large-scale production environments. To write the code ...