Oracle probably didn't understand MySQL well enough to want to buy the open-source start-up, now part of Sun. Like a knife and screwdriver, their products are complementary.

Observers say that Oracle's acquisition of MySQL will not be damaging to MySQL itself and question the motives of some detractors A number of influential members of the open-source community are ...

MySQL logo . SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images. Oracle is synonymous with database. In fact, the company has about six different databases to solve whatever data management problem you have.

MySQL Workbench 6.1, which Oracle also released on Monday, includes a set of new graphical diagnostic tools based on these new memory probes.

Oracle reaped $8.34 billion from database sales in 2007, giving it 37.6 percent of the $22.2 billion global market, according to IDC. The 2008 figures are not yet available, IDC said.

It's tempting to speculate that Oracle 's bid for Sun Microsystems is a convenient way to kill off open-source database wonder, MySQL. But MySQL's former chief executive, Mårten Mickos, sees ...

An experienced MySQL database engineer has questioned whether Oracle might unintentionally kill off the open source database with its preference for adding features to its proprietary systems. Peter ...

Oracle has added additional commercial extensions to the enterprise edition of its open-source MySQL database, further differentiating it from the community version available to anyone at no charge.