Experts cite a plethora of reasons why the deal doesn’t create a database monopoly. For one, MySQL, despite its wild popularity, won’t add much to Oracle’s revenues.

A list of 5 best popular Open Source, free database software, Mysql, PostgreSQl, Firebird, Berkley DB and SQlite, along with comparison.

MariaDB, an open-source database management system (DBMS) and MySQL fork has been gaining inroads in enterprise software and its founders formed a foundation, the MariaDB Foundation, to promote ...