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Nov 30, 2009ExtSQL provides detailed usage statistics for MySQL and PostgreSQL database systems.
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Nov 10, 2009Oracle claims that the European Commission's public policy against Oracle's takeover of MySQL runs counter to open source freedom and the growing database market.
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