SQL stands for Structured Query Language. It’s a standard language for accessing and manipulating databases. MySQL is a database management system, like SQL Server, Oracle, Informix, Postgres, etc.

With its January 2010 acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Oracle gained the MySQL open source database management software (DBMS) platform for enterprise IT environments. MySQL, which uses SQL ...

For the next release of its open source MySQL, Oracle is making a number of changes designed to vastly boost the speed of the open source relational database management system. Such a sizeable ...

CEO Marten Mickos unintimidated by database giant... MySQL, the open-source software company, has undertaken the formidable task of going head-to-head with database giants Oracle, IBM and Microsoft.

It's time to stop sniping at Oracle's handling of MySQL. Far from declining over the past few years, the open-source database has actually improved under Oracle's stewardship, according to Percona CEO ...

If the EU forces a spin-off, a multivendor ownership may be needed for MySQL to survive as a going concern, given how little money it makes Pretend you’re Oracle CEO Larry Ellison for a minute (forget ...

Database habits die hard. Just ask Oracle, which continues to rake in billions in database revenue despite being one of developers’ “most dreaded” databases, according to Stack Overflow’s 2021 survey ...

WILMINGTON, Del., Feb. 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EnterpriseDB (“EDB”), the leading Postgres data and AI company, today announced the results of a new benchmark study from McKnight Consulting Group.