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Oracle seeks to build bridges with MySQL developers

Big Red promises 'new era' as long-frustrated contributors weigh whether to believe it Oracle is taking steps to "repair" its ...
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Software Groups Oppose Oracle Ownership Of MySQL

The Open Rights Group, Knowledge Ecology International, and U.S. software freedom activist Richard Stallman on Tuesday released an open letter to the European Commissioner for Competition Neelie Kroes ...
CNET

MySQL CEO offers mixed view of Oracle

Martin Mickos calls one of Oracle's products "crippleware" and then names the company as a partner of the year. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital ...
ZDNet

EU right to investigate Oracle's MySQL buy

The European Union is justifiably investigating whether Oracle's proposed purchase of Sun -- and its subsidiary MySQL -- will lead to reduced competition and higher prices in the database market. Of ...
ZDNet

Open-source MariaDB, a MySQL fork, challenges Oracle

MariaDB, an open-source database management system (DBMS) and MySQL fork has been gaining inroads in enterprise software and its founders formed a foundation, the MariaDB Foundation, to promote its ...