The Open Rights Group, Knowledge Ecology International, and U.S. software freedom activist Richard Stallman on Tuesday released an open letter to the European Commissioner for Competition Neelie Kroes ...

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 ...

Earlier, we discussed SQL Databases. In this post, I will list some popular open-source, free database software. Before starting any service online, it is necessary to choose a database that can ...

Acquisition of one of the most successful open-source software companies is a bold move for Sun, which has embraced open source to try to boost revenue. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering ...

Database Management System (DBMS) software acts as an interface between an end user and a database and is designed to allow users to create databases as well as store, manipulate and manage data in an ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Sun Microsystems’ deal to buy Swedish open-source software company MySQL for $1 billion deepens Sun’s bet that its road to prosperity lies in distributing free software that generates ...

Driven by preference for open source software 'without bifurcated code bases,' Wikipedia embraces MariaDB, a MySQL fork free of Oracle baggage MariaDB, the community-developed edition of the open ...

Martin Mickos calls one of Oracle's products "crippleware" and then names the company as a partner of the year. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital ...