ZDNet

Is it time for Oracle to donate MySQL to Apache?

It may be time for Oracle to donate MySQL -- as it did with OpenOffice -- to The Apache Foundation, or another open source house. It's no secret that the Redwood Shores, Calif. company acquired Sun, ...
TechSpot

Experts worry about the future of database tech after Oracle's disappointing MySQL release

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 ...
ZDNet

Google quietly dumps Oracle MySQL for MariaDB

Despite being the most popular open-source database management system (DBMS), Oracle's MySQL has been sinking into trouble. Major Linux distributions like Red Hat and SUSE, are switching it out for ...
Forbes

Oracle Adds New AI-Enabling Features To MySQL HeatWave

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 ...
CMS Wire

Oracle Hands OpenOffice to Apache, IBM is a Happy Camper

The question of what Oracle (news, site) is going to do with the OpenOffice.org (OOo) code has finally been resolved with an announcement today that it will be giving it to the Apache Foundation (news ...