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In agreeing this week to pay US$1 billion for MySQL, Sun Microsystems said it hopes to make MySQL's open-source database more attractive to enterprise users. But Sun has a lot of work to do, according to some MySQL users.

Solid Information Technology, which makes embedded databases that are widely used in telecommunications equipment, Monday announced plans to release an open-source version of its core storage engine that is compatible with the popular MySQL database.

MySQL is due to unveil a new transaction database engine at its upcoming user conference later this month, according to a company executive. The open-source database vendor will also be showcasing database engines from third parties, Zach Urlocker, vice president of marketing at MySQL, said Thursday.

MySQL has signed a multiyear agreement with Oracle to renew its licensing of the InnoDB database storage engine, according to a MySQL executive. The move resolves confusion in the market about the likely effect on MySQL of Oracle's purchase last year of the maker of InnoDB, Innobase OY.

The success of Linux and other open source projects has depended heavily on the support and investment of major IT companies, Oracle Chief Executive Officer Larry Ellison said on Thursday.

Open-source database company MySQL AB has acquired a small Web application technology company and in the process hired its founder, Jim Starkey, a noted database software architect, MySQL announced on Monday.

Users of the open-source MySQL database appeared unworried after the announcement Tuesday of Oracle's purchase of Sleepycat Software.

Six weeks after Oracle bought Finnish software developer Innobase Oy, MySQL AB is working to provide its customers with an alternative to the open-source InnoDB database engine often used at the heart of its product, a MySQL executive said Tuesday.

Computer Associates International (CA) is selling its Ingres database technology to private equity firm Garnett & Helfrich Capital, which is forming a new company to develop and market the open-source software. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

MySQL AB is eyeing a November release date for version 5 of its open-source database, a major upgrade that the company hopes will make it a bigger player among enterprise customers.

Oracle scooped up another small technology maker on Friday, announcing its acquisition of Finnish open-source database technology developer Innobase OY. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.