In some ways, the BSL is akin to a freemium model for software licensing (with an open-source twist). As Widenius explained to me, the BSL allows developers to set a limit for how many servers ...

To generate interest from developers, Boston-based Akiban Technologies has released as open source its flagship database software, called Akiban Server. The company also released a connector for ...

MySQL is a commercial open-source company that offers its namesake software--which volunteer open-source programmers help to develop and test--under two licenses.

MySQL is the most popular database, according to a new tool that ranks various development tools according to their usage in the technology stacks used by various companies. Three-year-old start-up ...

MySQL plans to announce a higher-end addition next month that will allow more than one instance of its open-source database to take over if another fails. The software, MySQL Cluster, is based on ...

Quest Software, a global systems management and security software provider, is releasing Toad Edge, a new commercial database toolset that can manage next-generation open source database environments.