The MySQL developer community has released the first public iteration of what will be the next version of MySQL, version 5.5. MySQL database administrators are encouraged to test MySQL Server 5.5.0-m2 ...

Oracle has introduced JavaScript support in the MySQL database, allowing developers to write JavaScript stored programs, i.e. JavaScript functions and procedures, in the MySQL database server. Oracle ...

Sun's Growth Strategy Accelerates With New Position in $15 Billion Database Market Dubai, UAE, February 3, 2008 - Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) has announced that it has entered into a ...

Though some MySQL developers worry that the acquisition will stifle growth in their community, others see Sun as providing reassurance to skittish IT workers Customers at the MySQL conference this ...

MySQL developers should be able to get their hands on a major update to the open-source database this week when Sun Microsystems hosts its first MySQL conference since acquiring the company earlier ...

For developers familiar with MySQL, you've probably heard that MariaDB is the next generation of the database engine. MySQL has long been the traditional database in Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP ...

Customers at the MySQL conference this week said Sun Microsystems’ acquisition of the database company could increase MySQL’s credibility among senior IT decision makers still skittish about using ...

Developers at open-source player MySQL AB are hard at work on a project code-named “Merlin” designed to make it easier for customers to manage and maintain the company’s database software, according ...