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  • SkySQL joins ranks of MySQL support providers

    MySQL users now have another choice for support besides Oracle, which acquired the open-source database through its purchase of Sun Microsystems.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus • 05 July 10 05:20

  • Eucalyptus expanded for Windows use

    Eucalyptus Systems has released an update to the commercial version of its private cloud software, Eucalyptus Enterprise Edition.

    Written by Joab Jackson • 17 June 10 05:03

  • EnterpriseDB serves all-you-can-socket PostGres special

    EnterpriseDB, which offers a supported version of the open-source PostGres database, is now offering unlimited subscriptions that will allow organizations to run as many copies of the database server software as they desire. Total cost? US$40,000 per year.

    Written by Joab Jackson • 03 June 10 05:02

  • Oracle chief architect to reveal MySQL strategy

    MySQL users are set to receive fresh information about Oracle's road map for the open-source database during a keynote address by Chief Corporate Architect Edward Screven at Tuesday's O'Reilly MySQL Conference & Expo in Santa Clara, California.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus • 09 April 10 04:28

  • Former MySQL CEO: More successful open source startups needed

    Open source is no longer considered the wild underdog, but it will need more new companies making money off the trend, the one-time CEO of MySQL stressed Wednesday at the EclipseCon 2010 conference.

    Written by Paul Krill • 26 March 10 04:56

  • Ex-MySQL chief Marten Mickos lands new CEO job

    Marten Mickos, the longtime CEO of MySQL who eventually sold the open-source database company to Sun Microsystems for US$1 billion, has taken a new job as CEO of Eucalyptus Systems, the company said Friday.

    Written by James Niccolai • 22 March 10 07:38

  • Rackspace hires to align with MySQL offshoot

    A number of former Sun Microsystems employees who worked on Drizzle, an offshoot of the MySQL open-source database, have ended up at cloud infrastructure provider Rackspace, where they will continue their efforts, developer Jay Pipes wrote in a blog post Monday.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus • 10 March 10 06:41

  • Oracle shutting off Sun project-hosting site

    In the wake of its merger with Sun Microsystems, Oracle is discontinuing access to Project Kenai, which was developed by Sun as an open source project-hosting site.

    Written by Paul Krill • 04 Feb. 10 07:44

  • Oracle's ambitious plans for integrating Sun's technology

    Oracle has presented an overview of its ambitions for its newly acquired Sun products, focusing on integrated systems offering everything from the application to the database, servers and storage.

    Written by Paul Krill • 28 Jan. 10 07:18

  • European Union clears Oracle's purchase of Sun

    The European Commission granted Oracle an unconditional approval to take over Sun Microsystems on Thursday, following a controversial and drawn out examination of the deal.The deal still awaits approval in other jurisdictions, including Russia and China, but approval in the European Union is a big step forward for a deal hailed by some as transformational for the entire software industry, and by others as the killer of one of the most successful open source programs in the world, the MySQL database.

    Written by Paul Meller • 21 Jan. 10 22:50

  • Oracle-Sun merger foes head East

    With the European Commission seen as virtually certain to approve Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems in just a week, those campaigning to prevent the deal encompassing Sun's MySQL database unit have shifted their efforts to regulators in Russia and China.

    Written by Paul Meller • 19 Jan. 10 02:35

  • 'Save MySQL' campaign gains momentum

    A petition launched in December by MySQL creator Michael 'Monty' Widenius to "save" the open-source database from Oracle has quickly gained momentum, collecting nearly 17,000 signatures.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus • 05 Jan. 10 04:32

  • MySQL developers release 5.5 beta

    The MySQL developer community has released the first public iteration of what will be the next version of MySQL, version 5.5.

    Written by Joab Jackson • 19 Dec. 09 01:03

  • Oracle's pledges on MySQL are 'purely cosmetic', say critics

    Oracle's latest commitments designed to address the European Commission's concerns regarding its acquisition of Sun Microsystems and the MySQL database are paper thin, and even if they were confirmed they wouldn't safeguard MySQL's future, said Florian Mueller, an outspoken critic of the deal, on Monday.

    Written by Paul Meller • 15 Dec. 09 06:08
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