More than 500 developers are urging Oracle to consider a vendor-neutral foundation for MySQL, warning that limited community input could slow innovation and fragment the ecosystem.

When Erik Benner gets his hooks into new technology, his curiosity just will not let go. So much so that when astronomy caught his fancy, he didn’t merely buy a telescope, he ended up with a ...

Database giant Oracle announced Monday that it will buy Sun Microsystems for $9.50 per share—roughly $7.4 billion. The two companies reached an agreement after an unsuccessful bid by IBM fell short at ...