DEFINITION: LAMP is an acronym taken from the initial letters of a set of free software programs commonly used together to run dynamic Web sites or servers. The components are Linux, Apache and MySQL, ...

The LAMP combination of Linux, Apache, MySQL and a programming technology (typically Perl, Python or PHP) is a powerful one. Once you've built one Web-based database application, however, you've built ...

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Investment in the open source database vendor is a sign Red Hat may be worried about the implications of Oracle's coming takeover of MySQL Red Hat has invested an unspecified amount in open source ...

Despite being the most popular open-source database management system (DBMS), Oracle's MySQL has been sinking into trouble. Major Linux distributions like Red Hat and SUSE, are switching it out for ...

Red Hat Inc. has invested an unspecified amount in open-source database vendor EnterpriseDB Inc., a sign that the Linux vendor may be worried about the implications of Oracle Corp.’s takeover of MySQL ...