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The clock's ticking for MySQL 8.0 as end of life looms

Percona says more than half of installs remain on version set to lose support in 2026 Users have six months to migrate from ...
ZDNet

MySQL shies away from GPLv3, free version

Peter Zaitsev reported recently that new versions of MySQL Community edition are no longer available for download from the MySQL Download Area. This provoked a storm of speculation that MySQL was ...
ZDNet

Is MySQL done under Oracle or is there a fork in its future?

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.) ...
dbta

Microsoft Introduces CTP of Free MySQL-to-SQL Server Migration Toolkit

Microsoft has announced the first CTP of a SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) for MySQL v1.0, which automates aspects of the migration process to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 & 2008 including SQL ...
InfoWorld

MySQL’s Mickos: ‘No free beer’ with free software

“Free” in the software business does not necessarily mean free of charge, said MySQL CEO Marten Mickos, who reviewed a list of business models for open source at the Open Source Business Conference in ...
CNET

MySQL to set Falcon free

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...