For years now there's been a constant war between Microsoft supporters and Oracle supporters. Oracle has these features, SQL Server has these features, etc. But that's not really where the real ...

SQL, NoSQL? What's the difference these days? SQL databases with in-memory column stores, NoSQL with query languages; it looks like the two schools of database design have begun to merge.

With the release of MySQL version 5.5, Oracle is marketing the open-source database for Web application duties, while targeting its namesake Oracle database for enterprise applications.