2026年初，一项沉睡了20年的数据库技术专利悄然到期，给开源社区带来了前所未有的机遇。这项名为Orasort的算法，曾是Oracle数据库的“秘密武器”，让其性能暴涨5倍。数据库专家Mark Callaghan将其誉为“解决相似数据排序痛点的钥匙”。如今，随着专利壁垒的崩溃，MySQL、PostgreSQL等开源数据库即将合法使用这项“神级算法”，数据处理效率或将迎来重大的变革。

据 DevClass 1 月 13 日报道，甲骨文旗下 MySQL Server 的 GitHub 代码库，自 2025 年 9 月起便再无任何代码提交记录，停滞状态已持续超 3 个月。而这一时间点，恰好与甲骨文传出 MySQL 团队裁员的消息相吻合。

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