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Using the commercial license, OEMs, ISVs and VARs can distribute commercial binaries of MySQL software alongside their own commercial software without the software being governed by the GPL and its ...

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MySQL developers have used Microsoft source code in version 4.1 of the open-source database, which is due for final release in late October.

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We asked two open-source experts to identify reasons IT managers should—and shouldn't—reach for MySQL. Here's why and when to give it the thumbs down.