Last April, MySQL AB’s CEO Marten Mickos, kicked off the opening day of the 2007 MySQL Conference and Expo by stating “open source is simply a smarter method to develop and distribute software — a way ...
When Sun Microsystems, Santa Clara, Calif., acquired open-source database vendor MySQL AB in the fall of 2007, many solution providers expressed relief at having a strong channel-friendly company ...
With the move, announced Wednesday, Sun takes a big leap into the $15 billion database market and pits it against the likes of Microsoft, IBM and Oracle. MySQL (all resources) also gives Sun entry to ...