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  • Sun to launch first MySQL update

    The next version of MySQL won't contain bugs of the past, according to Sun execs who have promised not to change the culture of the open-source database organisation that was acquired by Sun for US$1bn in January.

  • Can open source win big business?

    Enterprise adoption of open source would be made much easier by open-source advocates putting their business hats on, say executives of Sun and MySQL.

  • MySQL hits US$50 million revenue, plans IPO

    Open-source database maker hopes going public will raise funds for acquisitions, CEO Marten Mickos says.

  • MySQL boasts might against big players

    MySQL kicked off its first-ever users conference by releasing the source code of its upcoming MySQL 5.0 product and touting its reputation as the little database company that could.

  • GPL3 welcomed by IBM, Red Hat, Novell, MySQL

    Sixteen years after releasing GPL2, Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation launched GPL3 over the weekend.

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  • MySQL to Oracle: Be afraid

    MySQL chief Marten Mickos discusses software patents, Oracle, making money with open source and why his company is the Ikea of the database world.

  • MySQL boasts might against big players

    MySQL kicked off its first-ever users conference by releasing the source code of its upcoming MySQL 5.0 product and touting its reputation as the little database company that could.

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