MySQL developers have used Microsoft source code in version 4.1 of the open-source database, which is due for final release in two weeks. Microsoft made the code for its Windows Installer XML (WiX ...

The company’s engineers, however, have been reluctant to try to change the core MySQL code itself ... will take on additional duties, such as database replication and automatic sharding ...

Code that Microsoft made available under a public licence earlier this year will be in the next production release of the open-source database MySQL MySQL developers have used Microsoft source ...