HOME news applications os 205801111 Sun's MySQL Buy Targets Oracle, Microsoft Applications & OS Sun's MySQL Buy Targets Oracle, Microsoft By CRN Staff January 16, 2008, 01:45 PM EST ...

Call it the duel of the database migration tools. "The free Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) makes it easy to migrate data from Oracle, Microsoft Access, MySQL and Sybase to SQL Server, ...

Oracle is making a fresh run at Microsoft's SQL Server, claiming on Tuesday that its open-source MySQL database offers up to 90 percent cost savings over SQL ...

The reason: Microsoft . Oracle Chief Larry Ellison might become a friend of open source, after all, if it helps him get at his long-time enemy, Microsoft. Sun acquired MySQL last year for $1 billion.

Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella added that Oracle Database@Azure will not only help customers complete their transition to the cloud but also open new AI vistas as well.

Oracle recently released MySQL 9.0, a new "innovative" iteration of the system, providing the community access to the latest RDBMS features.

"The free Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) makes it easy to migrate data from Oracle, Microsoft Access, MySQL and Sybase to SQL Server," reads the Microsoft SSMA Web site. It's probably ...