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  • EU ‘optimistic’ of settlement with Oracle over MySQLpbThe European Unions competition commissioner is optimistic about reaching a settlement with Oracle over its proposed/b a href=http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/04/20/235700/sun-rises-for-oracle-in-7...News Date: 09:58 13 Nov 2009
  • Open source developers oppose Oracle's MySQL acquisitionProminent open source software developers have joined forces with those opposed to Oracle assuming control of MySQL if Oracle's proposed $7.4bn acquisition of S...News Date: 12:51 23 Oct 2009
  • MySQL and IBM integrate databasesMySQL and IBM have announced a joint technology and reseller agreement to bring support for the MySQL open source database to the IBM System i business computing platform.News Date: 13:22 30 Apr 2007
  • Sun buys MySQL for £500mSun has acquired the open source database MySQL for £500m, in a bid to establish a foothold in the database market and offer users open source database tools to...News Date: 16:06 16 Jan 2008
  • Blog-City uses open source MySQLLike many organisations, Blog-City relies heavily on its database for its daily business. But interestingly, Blog-City has chosen to underpin its business with ...In Depth Date: 12:18 24 Jan 2008
  • Hot skils: MySQL 5.1Sun missed this qualification when it quoted Gartner's report in the launch of MySQL 5.1 in December. But big analysts have become a lot more positive towards open source databases.In Depth Date: 11:16 22 Jan 2009
  • Hot skills: MySQLSun's agreement to purchase MySQL AB will consolidate commercial use of the open source originated database, although MySQL was already doing pretty well on its own.In Depth Date: 16:48 26 Feb 2008
  • MySQL database skills cheap to maintain but pay less than OracleMySQL is an open source relational database management system that is widely used for web applications and embedded applications.In Depth Date: 01:00 01 Nov 2005

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Video: Why did Oracle buy BEA and Sun buy MySQL

Video | www.computerweekly.com| 22 Jan 2008
In this week's highlights we discuss the two big acquisitions in the tech market last week with Oracle finally buying middleware company BEA and Sun purchasing MySQL.

How does Microsoft SQL Server stack up against the open source MySQL database?

Podcast | www.computerweekly.com| 23 Nov 2007
In this podcast Cliff Saran speaks to Mark Ridley, head of technology at online recruiter Reed.co.uk, about his assessment. Also this week, Nick McGrath, director of platform strategy at Microsoft UK, reveals whether Microsoft still thinks Linux and open source software is a threat to its Windows Server family.
  • Why is Sun buying MySQL?It's hard to predict the Sun acquisition is good news for MySQL users. Judging from the 100m downloads, they seem pretty happy with the open source approach. Let's hope Sun doesn't change that.Blog Date: 18:56 16 Jan 2008
  • Can business take open source seriously?What's interesting from speaking to Mickos is that MySQL is being used in large-scale enterprise system. It's behind the advertising engine on Google and MySQL powers FaceBook.Blog Date: 22:44 26 Nov 2007
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