Peter Zaitsev reported recently that new versions of MySQL Community edition are no longer available for download from the MySQL Download Area. This provoked a storm of speculation that MySQL was ...

MySQL AB has added features already available from its database rivals, hoping to gain the eye of corporate IT managers. Analysts say enterprise success is still a ways off.

Open source software vendor MySQL AB has once again billed the imminent version of its flagship database software as the most significant in its history as it nears completion. In an email to the ...

GitHub recently upgraded its MySQL infrastructure from version 5.7 to 8.0. The motivation behind this upgrade was 5.7 reaching the end of life, and a need to leverage the latest security patches ...

Feature bloat, or added value for this JavaScript toolkit? The Bun team has released version 1.2.21 of its JavaScript bundler and runtime, written in Zig, adding features including built-in drivers ...

Hello all. For those who don't know, I co-run a web hosting company. We recently upgraded MySQL from 4.x to 5.x, then back down to 4.x (I can get specific versions if necessary) due to ...

MySQL has changed its software licensing terms for MySQL 5.0 and 5.1 to prevent the code being governed by the upcoming General Public Licence version 3 (GPLv3). Previous licensing terms offered ...

MySQL is aiming for speedier development cycles than most database companies. The company is currently focusing on two products: MySQL versions 4.1 and 5.0.

Sun has announced the official release of MySQL 5.1, a new version of the popular open source database software. Although Sun has declared that this version is ready for widespread adoption in ...