Michael “Monty” Widenius, the original developer of the MySQL open-source database, put a damper on Sun Microsystems Inc.’s recent release of MySQL 5.1 by sharply criticizing the decision to make the ...

David Axmark, a co-founder and former lead engineer at MySQL AB, has resigned from Sun Microsystems Inc. a few weeks after another co-founder said he may also leave the company. “I have thought about ...

Oracle sets out refreshed approach to MySQL ...

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Michael Widenius, creator of MySQL database, which could become the stumbling block for Oracle in its Sun takeover, has launched an Internet campaign trying to line up MySQL users ...