Future of MySQL Uncertain

Published May 20, 2011 | By admin

Sun Microsystems, the current owners of MySQL are being bought out by Oracle. As a result a number of top MySQL people are leaving the company with the belief that Oracle will shelve MySQL in favor of their own database technology.

On Wednesday one of the original authors of MySQL created a splinter group called the Open Data Alliance whose purpose is to continue developing and supporting MySQL.

The core problem is Oracle now owns one of the key patents related to MySQL data storage and also owns the MySQL trademark.

MySQL is the most popular website database in the world with over 40% market share according to a recent Forrester Survey.

Oracle has made no public announcements about the future of MySQL.

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