MySQL news

Sun to acquire MySQL for $1 billion

2008-01-16T00:00:00Z

Sun will pay $1 billion for Swedish software company MySQL, whose open-source database is used for some of the most widely visited Web sites in the world.

MySQL, Solaris share performance tuning feature

Don Marti — 2008-01-16T00:00:00Z

MySQL and Solaris are both using an advanced tracing tool to smoke out performance problems, and Linux doesn't have anything like it.

What’s become of last year’s open source companies to watch?

Jon Brodkin — 2007-08-23T00:00:00Z

Ten open source vendors made Network World’s Companies to Watch list one year ago. Read this story to find out what they’re up to today.

Changes at MySQL draw fire from community

James Niccolai — 2007-08-10T00:00:00Z

MySQL AB has made it harder for developers to use the enterprise edition of its database software for free, sparking a debate about whether the company has strayed from its obligation to its open-source community.

EnterpriseDB releases PostgreSQL distribution

James Niccolai — 2007-08-07T00:00:00Z

EnterpriseDB has released a new distribution of the PostgreSQL open source database, hoping to expand the use of the software and compete better with MySQL AB.

Open source here to stay, says MySQL CEO Marten Mickos

2007-07-23T00:00:00Z

As the CEO of Sweden-based open source database vendor MySQL, Marten Mickos knows about the role open source software can play in business and personal computing.

MySQL: A star-studded customer list, but is it 'mature' software?

2007-06-20T00:00:00Z

The big three proprietary suppliers of database software – Oracle, IBM and Microsoft, compete in multi-billion dollar market, at one time snubbed their nose at the arrival of MySQL. After all, they all had mature, sophisticated products with advanced features, analytics and core database software – and their products are not “open” or free for a reason. The times are a changing. Now, as reluctant as they are to admit it, the momentum of MySQL is indeed something to worry about.

Interview with Brian Aker

Don Marti — 2007-06-13T00:00:00Z

MySQL architect Brian Aker discusses the future of database storage engines, Amazon's Web services, the next generation of distributed revision control and the economics of creating open source software.

Kernel space: On-demand readahead

2007-05-30T00:00:00Z

A change in how the kernel pre-reads files for an application could add a little extra speed to MySQL databases on Linux.

Database tricks

Steve Blass — 2007-05-17T00:00:00Z

What commands would I use from the MySQL command line to recreate a large database table's structure without having to type it all back in through the MySQL Administrator or PHP-MyAdmin graphical user interface?