Presumably, this model of plug-in database engines could even be used to build a native XML provider for MySQL. (Any MySQL++ developers reading this may consider that a request.) Flipping the switch ...

The open-source database maker is simplifying its enterprise pricing structure, offering a new one-price-fits-all licensing model of its flagship offering, MySQL Enterprise.

Oracle recently announced a change in the versioning model for MySQL, introducing the MySQL Innovation and Long-Term Supported releases. The first innovation release is MySQL 8.1.0 , which includes In ...

MySQL offers a dual licensing model for its software, meaning people who download the company's database software for free must make any modifications available to the public. Alternatively ...

Microsoft made its massive inroads into the database market by being low-priced and easy to use. Now MySQL is following the same path with its open-source product.

Today, Xeround officially announced the release of the private beta of its "MySQL for the Cloud" service--an elastic, linearly scalable, relational database designed to run applications in cloud ...

MySQL was started in Sweden in 1994 out of a need to have a high-speed database behind Websites. It was released in the open-source world a few years later under the control of MySQL AB.

Designed as a distributed transaction database, the just-release 1.0 version is a work in progress, initially supporting Apache Cassandra and Redis APIs, and for now, a snapshot isolation ACID model.

Rela­tional databases such as Oracle, MySQL, and SQL Server com­pletely dominated database technology until a relatively sudden explosion of new “NoSQL” databases emerged in the 2008–2010 time frame. ...