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• Five things you need to know about MySQL

  1. Rumors of its demise have been greatly exaggerated. Open-source advocates feared that Oracle, which gained ownership of the open-source MySQL database through its acquisition of Sun Microsystems, would choke off its development in order to protect the proprietary Oracle 11g database. That hasn't happened so far, as evidenced by two significant MySQL updates this year alone that provided features like additional scalability and better performance on Windows.

• Former MySQL boss: Code 'in better shape than ever' under Oracle

  Despite concerns that Oracle would be unfriendly to open source projects acquired through the merger with Sun, former MySQL CEO Marten Mickos says the MySQL code base is in fantastic condition.

• Linux PHP vs. Windows ASP for Web hosting

  There are three major Web development platforms, all of which have advantages and disadvantages which can impact which platform is best suited for the user's application: Microsoft's ASP.NET/IIS/Windows Server; Linux (or other UNIX clone)/Apache/MySQL/PHP -- most often called LAMP; and Sun Java J2EE.x. When the term ASP is used in this particular context, it is referring to ASP.NET and not ASP, which is a similar but entirely different product.

• Amazon outage sparks frustration, doubts about cloud

  Amazon's prolonged outage of cloud services has the potential to set back cloud adoption by giving businesses -- especially those already on the fence -- a strong reason to go slow.

• ISACA launches audit program for social media governance

  ISACA, a global association of 95,000 IT assurance, security and governance professionals, has launched a new customisable audit program to help enterprises address the complex and emerging area of social media governance.

• Competitors battle Oracle for MySQL support dollars

  Oracle is facing a series of challenges for MySQL support revenues from third-party providers who say they can provide equal or better service for the open-source database.

• Servers preloaded with Amazon-friendly cloud software

  Ubuntu and Dell have come up with a scheme to make it easier for Amazon EC2 customers to shift workloads to and from the cloud -- by shipping Dell servers preloaded with Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud software, or UEC.

• Oracle angles MySQL for Web apps

  With the release of MySQL version 5.5, Oracle is marketing the open-source database for Web application duties, while targeting its namesake Oracle database for enterprise applications.

• Oracle set to launch MySQL 5.5 GA release

  Oracle is expected to launch the general-availability version of MySQL 5.5 during a webcast event on Wednesday.

• Oracle defends MySQL support pricing changes

  Oracle may have raised the price of an entry-level support contract for its MySQL database, but customers are going to get a lot more than they did from former owner Sun Microsystems, according to an official blog post Wednesday.

• Oracle raises cost of low-end MySQL support

  Oracle has apparently raised the price of an entry-level MySQL subscription significantly.

• ActiveState prepares Python for databases

  ActiveState has updated its distributions of the Python programming language so that they provide developers easier access to databases, as well as new ways of creating GUIs (Graphical User Interfaces), the company announced Wednesday.

• Ingres CEO unfazed by Oracle's MySQL play

  When Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems it also bought MySQL AB, the company behind the open source MySQL database, which Ingres CEO Roger Burkhardt says was hardly intentional but resulted in the company staving off a "future competitor".
  

• Study: Most MySQL users not too worried about Oracle

  The MySQL community is mostly neutral or positive about the open-source database's prospects under Oracle's stewardship, according to a newly released study.

• New Postgres to add the polish

  With the impending release of version 9.0 of the open-source Postgres database, due in mid-August, the developers behind the project are hoping that the new features will attract more interest from enterprises.