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    In an illustration of just how rapidly change is sweeping the database market, MySQL chief executive Martin Mickos named Oracle as a partner of the year just minutes after effectively calling one of its products "crippleware."

  • 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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    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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    Google has emerged as the poster child for a new wave of applications assembled from the piece-parts of several Web sites. No Windows necessary but Microsoft has its own ideas, of course.

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