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Dear Oracle, we need to talk about the future of MySQL

Faithful pen open letter proposing independent foundation with or without Big Red's participation A group of influential users and developers of MySQL have invited Oracle to join their plans to create ...
Overview: PostgreSQL leads in developer popularity in 2026 and offers advanced features for complex workloads.MySQL remains widely adopted, stable, and strong i ...
Big Red promises 'new era' as long-frustrated contributors weigh whether to believe it Oracle is taking steps to "repair" its relationship with the MySQL community, according to sources, by moving ...
With Oracle acquiring Sun Microsystems, it also acquires MySQL, the poster child for open-source applications. (Not to mention Solaris, which Sun says is a larger Linux distribution than Red Hat.) ...