Faithful pen open letter proposing independent foundation with or without Big Red's participation A group of influential users and developers of MySQL have invited Oracle to join their plans to create ...

An open letter signed by architects, DBAs, and engineers argues that closed development, missing AI‑era features, and ...

Oracle sets out refreshed approach to MySQL ...

Oracle is synonymous with database. In fact, the company has about six different databases to solve whatever data management problem you have. Are you still running OpenVMS? Oracle will hook you up ...

After MySQL community summits, an open letter urges Oracle to discuss the database's future. Do Oracle's recent announcements satisfy critics?

Commit drought and governance gripes push Big Red to reset Oracle has promised a "decisive new approach" to MySQL, the popular open source database it owns, following growing criticism of its approach ...

In May of 2025, MySQL celebrated its 30th anniversary. Not many technology projects go strong for three decades, let alone at the level of use that MySQL enjoys. MySQL is listed at #2 on the ...

It’s not an exaggeration to say that the speed at which an enterprise can analyze business-critical data directly impacts its ability to compete. Time matters when it comes to mission-critical ...

Oracle today is following through on its announced plans to make its MySQL HeatWave database management systems available on the Amazon Web Services Inc. cloud. MySQL HeatWave is a major upgrade to ...

Cutting corners: MySQL is a popular open-source relational database management system developed by Swedish company MySQL AB in the mid 90s. Sun Microsystems acquired the firm in 2008, which Oracle ...