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MySQL CEO: It's Tough for Private Open Source Firms Computer Business Review: "Yesterday I caught up with Marten Mickos, the former CEO of open source database firm MySQL, which was recently acquired by Sun for $1bn. We had a wide-ranging chat about life, the universe and everything open source...." Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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Sun, MySQL synergies stressed in merger With Sun Microsystems' $1 billion acquisition of open source database vendor MySQL announced Wednesday, Sun gets ownership of a major player in the open source software industry while MySQL gets the backing of a multibillion-dollar, established systems company. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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MySQL reserves features for paying customers Open-source darling MySQL is facing a new uprising within its customer base over plans disclosed this week to reserve some key upcoming features, and their source code, for paying users of its namesake database. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Sun to acquire MySQL for $1 billion Sun Microsystems will pay $1 billion for Swedish software company MySQL, whose open source database is used for some of the most widely visited Web sites in the world.Sun said the deal will augment its position Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Sun's Schwartz cites MySQL's growth rate as incentive In deciding to buy MySQL last month, Sun was attracted to the open-source database company's very rapid growth rate and its revenue model, Sun President/CEO Jonathan Schwartz said in a keynote presentation Wednesday at SugarCRM's SugarCon 2008 conference in San Jose, Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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MySQL upgrade now slated for June, Sun says Sun pushed out a "near final" version of MySQL 5.1 on Tuesday, but is holding back the production release of the open-source database until it irons out some remaining bugs, officials said Tuesday.Sun wants to a Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Sun claims big leap with MySQL upgrade next week MySQL developers should be able to get their hands on a major update to the open-source database next week when Sun hosts its first MySQL conference since acquiring the company earlier this year.Sun will use th Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Will MySQL keep lighting up LAMP? For an executive who had just had his company bought for a cool billion a few months ago and was on the eve of announcing a major update to his business' flagship database program, former MySQL CEO Marten Mickos, now Sun Microsystems' senior vice president for databas Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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MySQL users mostly unfazed by Sun acquisition Customers at the MySQL conference this week said Sun's acquisition of the database company could increase MySQL's credibility among senior IT decision makers still skittish about using open-source software.There Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Sun's CEO talks up buy as MySQL deal closes Sun announced Tuesday that its $1 billion deal to buy open-source database vendor MySQL has closed, and with the news came a bold proclamation from Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz."In my view, this is the most impor Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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MySQL cofounder David Axmark leaving Sun David Axmark, a cofounder and former lead engineer for MySQL, has resigned from Sun Microsystems a few weeks after another cofounder said he may also leave the company."I have thought about my role at Sun and de Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Drizzle project plans a stripped-down MySQL The open-source MySQL database began life as a lightweight alternative to big, resource-hungry database management systems, such as Oracle or Sybase. Over the years, however, users have clamored for more and more features, causing MySQL 's codebase to swell with capab Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Sun adds query analysis tool to MySQL Enterprise Sun has upgraded MySQL Enterprise, its subscription-based service for the open-source MySQL database, adding access to a query analysis tool for tracking and fixing problematic code and performance issues.The to Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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MySQL creator Widenius still negotiating with Sun News about the creator of the MySQL database, Michael "Monty" Widenius, leaving Sun Microsystems might be premature. Widenius told Computerworld Finland on Friday that he is still negotiating with Sun.Sun bought Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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How and why MySQL grabbed $1bn in five weeks Mickos and Sun's Green dish the dirt Radio Reg When one of technology's major players lays down $1bn for an open source software maker, the Open Season crew must swing into action. To our credit, we swung in style this week, getting Sun - the acquirer - software chief Rich Green and MySQL - the a Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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Update: Sun to Acquire MySQL MySQL: "Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MySQL AB, an open source icon and developer of one of the world's fastest growing open source databases for approximately $1 billion in total consideration..." Related stories added: Oracle Bu Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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Sun Snaps Up Database Firm, MySQL - Forbes Digitaltrends.comSun Snaps Up Database Firm, MySQLForbes - 5 hours agoSun Microsystems elbowed into the enterprise database market Wednesday with the announcement of a proposed $1 billion acquisition of MySQL, an open-source database software company.Open-source co Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Can Sun make MySQL pay? Interop News: "How can an open source software company with $70 million or so in revenue and no profits to speak of be worth $1 billion? That's the question Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz has been trying to answer since he bought MySQL last week." Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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Sun closes MySQL deal, plans more open-source buys It's "the most important acquisition in Sun's history," CEO Schwartz says of buying the open-source database company. Next: accelerated development, GPLv3 licensing. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > CNET |
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Freescale CEO and chairman steps down Freescale Semiconductor Chairman and CEO Michel Mayer will leave his posts as soon as a replacement is found, the company said Friday."The time is right for me and my family to take some time off before explorin Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |