How do you make money from free software? One way is to make an "Enterprise" version that you charge for, make the free version harder to find and use, and start using scary words like "indemnity ...

Open source software vendor MySQL AB has once again billed the imminent version of its flagship database software as the most significant in its history as it nears completion. In an email to the ...

MySQL has changed its software licensing terms for MySQL 5.0 and 5.1 to prevent the code being governed by the upcoming General Public Licence version 3 (GPLv3). Previous licensing terms offered ...

MySQL AB has added features already available from its database rivals, hoping to gain the eye of corporate IT managers. Analysts say enterprise success is still a ways off.

Sun has announced the official release of MySQL 5.1, a new version of the popular open source database software. Although Sun has declared that this version is ready for widespread adoption in ...

Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, and Twitter today announced WebScaleSQL, a collaborative project bringing the engineers from these companies together to solve challenges working with massive databases ...