Oracle sets out "three-pronged strategy" to refresh its focus on MySQL There's a clear focus on community engagement and trust building MySQL's roadmap is also set to be available to view Oracle MySQL ...

Oracle has promised a "decisive new approach" to MySQL, the popular open source database it owns, following growing criticism of its approach and the prospect of a significant fork in the code. In a ...

PostgreSQL leads in developer popularity in 2026 and offers advanced features for complex workloads. MySQL remains widely adopted, stable, and strong in traditional web and enterprise environments.

Oracle is taking steps to "repair" its relationship with the MySQL community, according to sources, by moving "commercial-only" features into the database application's Community Edition and ...

In May of 2025, MySQL celebrated its 30th anniversary. Not many technology projects go strong for three decades, let alone at the level of use that MySQL enjoys. MySQL is listed at #2 on the ...

Abstract: MySQL is the most trusted and depended-on open source database platform in use today. Many of the most popular and highly-trafficked websites in the world are built on MySQL because of its ...

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Are you worried about missing out on running workloads on older versions of MySQL after the community ends official support? Well, there’s finally some good news for you. Microsoft today announced a ...

I have been trying to configure an rsyslog server to talk to a MySQL database using the ommysql module. However, one issue that I have noticed is that includes in .cnf files are not being included as ...

Unlocking the power of system logs is crucial for maintaining a healthy and secure Debian 12 server. While rsyslog is a common logging daemon, its absence doesn’t hinder your ability to effectively ...

for many of the services i run, i try to put a "config test" script together so i can attempt to find issues like this when making changes. my rsyslog version is rsyslogd 8.2310.0-1.fc38 and may be a ...