Oracle Puts the Squeeze on SMBs with MySQL Price Hike

Oracle is once again showing that it is determined to squeeze profits out of its open source projects. The owners of the MySQL database recently announced a round of price hikes for customers of the widely used open source database product. With this round of price hikes, Oracle is really putting the hit on SMBs who were traditionally the bread and butter of the MySQL business. But there is an alternative. As I wrote about a few weeks ago, a new company called SkySQL made up of ex-MySQL folks has started offering support and services to MySQL customers. In general, SkySQL prices are anywhere from 30 to 60% cheaper than the advertised Oracle price.

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