MySQL said it acquired Netfrastructure Inc., a privately held U.S. company that makes tools and server software for building Web-based applications.

This is the critical test. Nice as it is that Mickos and the MySQL team made a large pile of money from Sun, it would be a hollow victory if Sun could not, in return, reap commensurate benefits.

Open-source database vendor MySQL AB and business intelligence (BI) software provider JasperSoft Corp. Tuesday announced a joint reselling agreement.

Their open source nature, MySQL's frequent updates from Oracle and the low cost of TOC have made MySQL and MariaDB strong players in the database market, which is why we've chosen to add support ...