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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 ...
The Register on MSN

Oracle vows 'new era' for MySQL as users sharpen their forks

Commit drought and governance gripes push Big Red to reset Oracle has promised a "decisive new approach" to MySQL, the popular open source database it owns, following growing criticism of its approach ...

Oracle promises 'decisive new approach' to MySQL - so will this mean some big changes coming soon?

Oracle MySQL Community Manager Frederic Descamps has promised a "decisive new approach" to MySQL in response to concerns raised by the open-source community.
CNET

MySQL under siege and the likely need to "roll your own" open source

First it was Oracle buying Innobase(though Oracle has so far played fair). Now it's IBM buying Solid Information Technology. Given much of the proprietary world's public attitude toward open source ...
Analytics Insight

PostgreSQL vs MySQL: Which Database is Better in 2026?

Overview: PostgreSQL leads in developer popularity in 2026 and offers advanced features for complex workloads.MySQL remains widely adopted, stable, and strong i ...