European Commission Approves Oracle Acquisition of Sun - Java World

BBC NewsEuropean Commission Approves Oracle Acquisition of SunJava WorldAs a developer who generally prefers PostgreSQL over MySQL, this is not news to me, but it is interesting (and appropriate) that the European Commission ...One Oracle-Sun Foe: Not So FastChannelWebE.C. approves Oracle's buyout of Sun MicrosystemsMarketWatchOracle wins mySQL but opponents do not admit defeatZDNet (blog)San Francisco Chronicle (blog) -Wall Street Journal -TechNewsWorldall 714 news articles »

Product Spotlight: MySQL Workbench (TechRepublic)

The MySQL Workbench is an amazing single-point of contact for MySQL administrators, which can handle tasks both locally and remotely.

One Oracle-Sun Foe: Not So Fast (ChannelWeb)

A former MySQL executive remains concerned that Oracle will kill MySQL in order to squelch competition against its own database software.

EU clears Oracle + Sun: If MySQL fails, there\'s always PostgreSQL (BetaNews)

In green-lighting Oracle\'s proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems today, the European Commission says it considered whether in doing so, Oracle would effectively eliminate the \"competitive constraint\" of competition from the open source field by way of MySQL, the open source relational database that Sun acquired in 2008 . That acquisition gave Sun its first competitive database product; but ...

MySQL developers release 5.5 beta - it World Canada

The MySQL developer community has released the first public iteration of what will be the next version of MySQL, version 5.5. MySQL database administrators are encouraged to test MySQL Server 5.5.0-m2, code-named \"Betony,\" though not run it on their ...

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) Reports 12.5 Percent Rise in 2Q Profit - Transworld News

Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) said Thursday that its profit jumped 12.5 percent in the latest quarter and that it expects the European Union will finally approve its $7.4 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVAJ) next month, according ...

Read more from Ars - Ars Technica

A new open source Ruby library called Friendly lets you turn MySQL into a document-oriented database. It could be the perfect choice for developers who need to deploy on MySQL but still want the flexibility of schema-less database systems like ...