MySQL has been a key component of the open source software stack known as LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and Perl/Python/PHP).

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 ...

Then open-source database company takes a step to mend a rift in the open-source world by updating a licensing provision that had broken a close tie between the MySQL database and another software ...

To properly evaluate the strengths of PostgreSQL and MySQL, the two leading open-source databases, one must look at the history and pedigree of each, and their feature functionality and ...

MySQL, an open-source database company, has taken a step to mend a rift in the open-source world by updating a controversial licensing provision that had broken a close tie between the MySQL ...

Linux is still the most famous open-source app, but database software using the same model is getting some play. MySQL is giving established software firms a run for their money. By Joanna Glasner.

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's 'secret agenda' in paying $1 billion for MySQL is to serve the open source community, says Sun's CEO.

However, critics of the merger have suggested that an open source company like MySQL -- which is small (about 400 employees), with a widely distributed workforce -- might wither under a large, ...