MySQL is the second most popular database in use, according the DB-Engines Ranking, and is a key element of the LAMP — Linux, Apache HTTP Server, MySQL, PHP — open-source web development stack.

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 ...

MySQL was first released in 1995, while the community-developed fork, MariaDB, emerged in 2009 as a reaction to Oracle's acquisition of the open-source technology.

When asked if Oracle is doing a better job with MySQL than he did, Mickos said, “I would tend to think I was a wonderful CEO and I did everything absolutely right. And we did it very well.

Although Oracle's acquisition of Sun does represent a massive stroke of consolidation for the database market, it's hard to believe that Oracle could truly kill off MySQL even if it really wanted to.

Percona continues to nip at Oracle's heels, releasing a free version of the open-source MySQL 5.6 database with advanced features similar to ones in Oracle's paid enterprise edition.

It cited a 4-terabyte TPC-H benchmark that it said showed MySQL HeatWave performing seven times better than Redshift and 10 times better than Snowflake Inc.’s cloud data warehouse.