Code that Microsoft made available under a public license earlier this year will be used in the next production release of open-source database MySQL. The Microsoft source code will be used in version ...

YouTube engineers are developing a set of software, called Vitess, that will help open-source MySQL databases work more efficiently in very large-scale production environments. To write the code, they ...

MySQL developers have used Microsoft source code in version 4.1 of the open-source database, which is due for final release in two weeks. Microsoft made the code for its Windows Installer XML (WiX) ...

MySQL 6.0 is scheduled for release in late 2008; some code contributed by Google and security improvements are due in MySQL 7.0 MySQL has laid out its software road map through 2009, including some ...

For the next release of its open source MySQL, Oracle is making a number of changes designed to vastly boost the speed of the open source relational database management system. Such a sizeable ...

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 database ...

A Boston, Masschusetts judge has backed MySQL’s trademark infringement case against Progress Software subsidiary NuSphere, but refused to rule against the company for infringing the terms of the open ...

Editor’s Note: This story is reprinted from Computerworld. For more Mac coverage, visit Computerworld’s Macintosh Knowledge Center. Google and MySQL are close to finalizing a deal that could find the ...

Marten Mickos says that Version 5.5 of the MySQL database is probably is the best version ever produced Despite concerns that Oracle would be unfriendly to open source projects acquired through the ...