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Linux is still the most famous open-source app, but database software using the same model is getting some play. MySQL is giving established software firms a run for their money. By Joanna Glasner.

“Open source is advancing forward at the database level as MySQL has made good progress over the last several years,” said Mark Smith, CEO of Ventana Research, an IT research and advisory firm.

Open source data has a split personality. There’s the NoSQL zealot who likes to fire off tirades against the restrictive world of relational databases, then there’s the MySQL devotee who’s a ...

While MySQL has been an unqualified success, there have always been whispers and regrets from those looking to use the open source database in mission critical situations. If you need five 9’s ...

An earlier MySQL interface, SQL/MED, or SQL Management of External Data, released with version 9.1 in 2011 prepared the ground for Postgres foreign data wrappers, with write capabilities added in ...

Open-source databases MySQL and PostgreSQL are gaining steam, but rip-and-replace situations where MySQL and PostgreSQL replace Oracle Database, IBM DB2 or Microsoft SQL Server databases remain rare.

MySQL may compete for database business with IBM, but that didn't stop the two vendors from agreeing to let MySQL's namesake open-source software run on IBM's System i servers and use DB2 as a ...

SQL is a language. Specifically, the “Structured Query Language” Now it would be better if we start differentiating the topic as the difference between SQL Server and MySQL and take them point ...