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MySQL Backtracks On Closed-source Plan
News Sun has backtracked on previous plans to release important backup features for its MySQL database under a proprietary licence, following widespread criticism from the open-source community. In effect, MySQL has changed its plans for forthcoming...
[May 8, 2008, 15:17]
Sun Delivers Its First MySQL Update
News Sun has delivered a "near final" build of the next version of MySQL and has promised to make no changes to the culture of the open-source database organisation whose $1bn (£500m) purchase was announced in January.
[April 16, 2008, 17:27]
Sun Boosts Revenue With Free Software Strategy
News Sun has become its own free software foundation, open-sourcing everything from Java to Solaris, and acquiring the open-source MySQL database for $1bn (£500m) in January of this year, as a way to grow its revenue.
[June 17, 2008, 8:11]
Sun Criticised For MySQL Enterprise Shift
News The plan is a shift from the previous strategy of MySQL AB, now a Sun subsidiary, which has traditionally included the same feature set in MySQL Community and MySQL Enterprise. Sun's acquisition of MySQL completed recently, and the company this...
[April 17, 2008, 16:19]
Sun: MySQL Buy 'most Important In Software History'
News Sun has claimed that completing its purchase of the open-source database developer MySQL will enable it to become the most complete provider of open-source server software. MySQL will sit in the supplier's newly formed database group in its...
[February 27, 2008, 10:30]
Drizzle Project To Trim Down MySQL
News Brian Aker, MySQL's director of architecture, has unveiled Drizzle, a project to create a trimmed-down, faster version of the database system aimed at web-based applications and cloud components. Widenius said that Drizzle was made possible by Sun...
[July 24, 2008, 11:01]
Databases Lean On Open Source
News Through the deal, MySQL will develop an open-source database from SAP now called MaxDB and gradually move its features to the MySQL database product it has sold for years. Challenges will come from three contenders in the open-source database...
[March 9, 2004, 7:15]
IBM Hopes To Toast Sun With New Appliance
News Cobalt owners can download specially pre-packaged applications such as mySQL and NeoMail Web-based mail, but this is provided without warranty. Administrators can enable databases such as PostgreSQL and mySQL through the Web interface, as well as e...
[April 12, 2002, 14:25]
Sun Proves The Open Market With MySQL
Leader It is not a company taking control of key intellectual property: MySQL's products are open under the GPL, and Sun didn't have to shell out $1bn for them. With care, and with their recently demonstrated ability to not mess things up, Sun can parlay...
[January 17, 2008, 17:09]
Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. Uses MySQL To Power Self-Service Intranet
White Papers By using MySQL on a Sun E450, the SST intranet team was able to create a core system that has a homepage for each department, a profile for each employee, and easy methods for uploading files and creating online forms.
[October 20, 2004, 0:00]
Sun Boosts Open Storage Strategy
News Sun released OpenSolaris, an open-source version of its flagship Solaris operating system, in November 2004, and has continued to polish its open-source credentials through moves such as its recent acquisition of MySQL.
[May 1, 2008, 13:33]
Sun Prepares For MySQL Tuning
News The "Father of Java" James Gosling has revealed that Sun will not be introducing a new API for MySQL but that it will probably do a lot more tuning work around it. Lots of folks like MySQL, but they also like the ability to be able to unplug one...
[March 18, 2008, 7:52]
Vista SP1 - No Go For Me At The Moment
Blog Comment I plan to update my laptop Vista installation as soon as I get a chance, and then reassess it versus Ubuntu, which does almost everything I need on my Asus V1S laptop except three things: Recognise the built-in webcam, recognise the built-in 3G...
[March 20, 2008, 11:45]
Sun's Software Czar
News He's talking about selling Linux-based desktop computers for specific jobs and backing the MySQL open-source database software for certain tasks. Have you noticed we already ship MySQL on Linux and Solaris?
[August 6, 2002, 12:49]
MySQL Co-founder Clarifies Closed-source Strategy
News Clarifying reports that emerged from the MySQL conference in Florida last week, MySQL co-founder David Axmark took to the stage in London to talk about the future of the database now that it is owned by Sun, in front of a large audience of several...
[April 25, 2008, 16:54]
Sun Pours Out Latest Flavour Of Java
News JCP members includes companies, such as IBM, Nokia and Oracle; open-source organisations such as the Apache Software Foundation, JBoss and MySQL, and individual members, such as James Strachen. Sun claims that J2SE 5.0 can be started up quicker...
[September 30, 2004, 13:55]
Java Founder Condemns Sun-Kodak Patent Settlement
News A group of software companies including MySQL and Red Hat have launched a Web site protesting against software patents in Europe. The father of Java -- James Gosling -- has called the recent court case between Sun and Eastman Kodak over patents "a...
[December 17, 2004, 7:50]
First Announcement...sign Of Intent
Talkback Ketan Karia, SVP Marketing EMEA at Ingres: With the latest announcements from Sun/MySQL it looks as if the open source community is losing MySQL to a proprietary model. MySQL’s latest move is certainly one that we will not introduce.
[April 18, 2008, 11:40]
HP To Extend Open-source Commitment
News The computing giant will certify and support MySQL, the leading open-source database program, and JBoss, a popular Java-based application server, on HP's industry-standard servers. Under the agreement, both MySQL and JBoss will join HP's partner...
[June 1, 2004, 9:10]
Sun Jumps To Linux 5.0
News The servers will also come with the Apache Web server software, the MySQL database and the Sun Streaming Server software capable of delivering up to 50 simultaneous streams. Simon Tindall, volume products business manager for Sun in the UK, said...
[August 13, 2002, 10:35]
