Sun has claimed that completing its purchase of the open-source database developer MySQL will enable it to become the most complete provider of open-source server software. Jonathan Schwartz, Sun's ...

Sun’s US$1-billion deal to buy open-source database vendor MySQL has closed, and CEO Jonathan Schwartz didn’t understate its importance ot the company. “In my view, this is the most important ...

Last week I had the opportunity to catch-up with Michael “Monty” Widenius, founder and original developer of MySQL. During our lengthy discussion, we covered a number of topics including the early ...