Syntax differences Since MariaDB is a fork from MySQL, the syntax is similar, but MariaDB has several additional features. Basic SQL syntax remains the same, but MariaDB handles data storage and ...

With Oracle acquiring Sun Microsystems, it also acquires MySQL, the poster child for open-source applications. (Not to mention Solaris, which Sun says is a larger Linux distribution than Red Hat.

Compared to database heavyweight Oracle, MySQL is very small--it brought in a little less than $40 million of revenue in 2005--but it is the most popular open-source database with developers, ...

Designed as part of Oracle’s MySQL HeatWave database platform, Lakehouse was accompanied by claims from the company that the offering would deliver faster performance than competing products.

Beyond performance, Oracle is also enhancing MySQL in a number of other ways. The company has expanded the software’s performance schema, which defines the metrics used to gauge the performance ...