To properly evaluate the strengths of PostgreSQL and MySQL, the two leading open-source databases, one must look at the history and pedigree of each, and their feature functionality and ...

You want to get it right the first time. Two popular open source databases, MySQL and PostgreSQL, are often the final two candidates when admins are preparing a new rollout.

Interest in PostgreSQL has risen recently. There were reports earlier this month of Apple dumping MySQL for PostgreSQL in Mac OS X Lion Server. And back in June, blogger Matt Asay wondered aloud ...

Read more about Sun’s buyout of MySQL. “With MySQL’s acquisition, PostgreSQL will definitely get a lower focus at Sun, even though it’s likely to continue [to] be supported by Sun,” he said.

EnterpriseDB and other PostgreSQL supporters say that the database has come a long way in recent years. Not only is it every bit as good as MySQL but in many ways that count it is superior to MySQL.

The use of MySQL and PostgreSQL on Azure datacenter infrastructure adds built-in scalability and high availability, plus a 99.99 percent service-level agreement uptime assurance from Microsoft.

At its Build developer conference, Microsoft today announced the launch of Azure Database for MySQL and PostgreSQL. This, Microsoft says, is meant to ensure that developers can use their favorite ...

While Oracle trumpets its open source MySQL database management system this week at the company’s OpenWorld conference, the creators behind MySQL’s rival, PostgreSQL, have released a major new ...

The new offering supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, and MongoDB databases and is designed to simplify database deployment and management for developers, helping them to reduce risk, increase ...