When it comes to open-source licenses, developers have their fair share of choices (GPL, BSD, MIT, Apache, etc.), all of them with their own pros and cons. The same goes for commercial licenses. MySQL ...

Move reveals just how far the software giant is willing to go to adapt to the burgeoning open-source environment. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital ...

With its January 2010 acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Oracle gained the MySQL open source database management software (DBMS) platform for enterprise IT environments. MySQL, which uses SQL ...

Santa Clara, Calif. — With its open source database, MySQL represents the economy class of databases, which can be a sufficient alternative to more expensive products, according to Marten Mickos, CEO ...

Ever since Linux became a viable server operating system, organizations have been looking to all kinds of open source software (OSS) to save on license and maintenance costs and to enjoy the benefits ...

Acquisition of one of the most successful open-source software companies is a bold move for Sun, which has embraced open source to try to boost revenue. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering ...

SANTA CLARA, CA January 16, 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MySQL AB, an open source icon and developer of one of the ...

Zack Urlocker likes to compare his employer's database software to a budget airline. It's cheap, devoid of luxurious trappings and doesn't expend much effort catering to customers' whims. But if the ...

The Open Rights Group, Knowledge Ecology International, and U.S. software freedom activist Richard Stallman on Tuesday released an open letter to the European Commissioner for Competition Neelie Kroes ...

For database administrators (DBAs), keeping databases running at peak performance can be a little like spinning plates: It takes agility, concentration, quick reactions, a cool head, and an occasional ...