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Monty Widenius 'heartbroken' at the extent of Oracle's MySQL job cuts

Original author of open source database 'not surprised' but 'saddened' as critics slam vendor's layoffs Oracle has instigated ...
ZDNet

Is it time for Oracle to donate MySQL to Apache?

It may be time for Oracle to donate MySQL -- as it did with OpenOffice -- to The Apache Foundation, or another open source house. It's no secret that the Redwood Shores, Calif. company acquired Sun, ...
ZDNet

MySQL: Why the open source database is better off under Oracle

It's time to stop sniping at Oracle's handling of MySQL. Far from declining over the past few years, the open-source database has actually improved under Oracle's stewardship, according to Percona CEO ...
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Oracle is killing MySQL

The founder of MySQL Michael Widenius "Monty" claims that Oracle is killing off his MySQL database and he is recommending that people move to his new project MariaDB. In an interview with Muktware ...
VentureBeat

Sun plans to acquire MySQL for $1B, Oracle to buy BEA for $8.5B

Sun said today it will acquire open source database company MySQL for about $1 billion, a deal that would keep Sun at the center of the thriving open source software industry (see the announcement ...
VentureBeat

Oracle announces MySQL tweaks, HeatWave storage engine

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InfoWorld

Oracle accelerates MySQL HeatWave queries with machine learning

Taking aim at competitors including Amazon Aurora and Snowflake, Oracle has enhanced the MySQL HeatWave in-memory query accelerator in the Oracle Cloud’s MySQL Database Service by leveraging advanced ...