Barbara Darrow

MySQL usually is touted as a cross-platform, open-source database. And it is. But the company behind it—also known as MySQL—probably takes in the bulk of its revenue on the commercial side of the house. The fact is that when ISVs embed MySQL in their applications, the database is a commercial product with a commercial license. […]

Microsoft partners anxious about the new MBS (Microsoft Business Solutions) chief got their chance to meet him at the vendors Worldwide Partner Conference July 10 to 12 in Denver. Kirill Tatarinov, the new Corporate Vice President, Windows Enterprise Management Division and head of the MBS division, said the message he has heard from partners is […]