Open-source database company MySQL continues to add capabilities common to commercial database software as it tries to shake up the multibillion-dollar market. MySQL on Monday introduced an early ...

Sun said today it will acquire open source database company MySQL for about $1 billion, a deal that would keep Sun at the center of the thriving open source software industry (see the announcement ...

MySQL and PostgreSQL are among the open-source database management systems that offer functionality at less cost. Users say they're capable, but may be lacking when it comes to support issues.

Open-source software has reshaped many IT disciplines, and the world of database administration (DBA) is no exception. The open-source community, and the software it has produced, has evolved into a ...

Sun Microsystems will plunk down $1 billion to buy MySQL, the maker of a popular open-source database. Sun said Wednesday that it will pay about $800 million in cash for MySQL's privately held ...

Novell to resell MySQL services, 08/09/05 Novell is joining a growing list of resellers that sell subscription-based services for MySQL’s open source database, according to MySQL.

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA — Since its founding in 1995, MySQL has managed to establish itself as the provider of the best-known open source database on the market and hopes to dent the armor of big ...

PostgreSQL is a stronger product than the rival MySQL open source database, which lacks capabilities such as stored procedures that PostgreSQL already has, according to Berkus.

RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Percona, a leader in open source database software and services, today announced that Verifone, a global FinTech leader and payment solution provider to the world ...