Village News: MySQL/Database News - 17 March 2026
As part of building the MySQL Community, we are going to publish a curated overview of MySQL and database news that you might have missed over the last period.
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MySQL News:
Note: Aggregated MySQL news can be found at Planet for MySQL Community and Planet MySQL (Oracle only)
Bruce Momjian: The MySQL Shadow
Blog post from long-time PostgreSQL community member and committer at EDB about why the single-vendor model doesn’t hold up over time. While it doesn’t discuss other examples, it’s useful to also discuss Redis -> Valkey and Elastic -> OpenSearch as other examples where the single-vendor model ultimately diverged from the community efforts.
MySQL Community Early Access Builds
Oracle introduces early-access builds as another way to engage with the community earlier in the development process.
MySQL Worklog shows HyperGraph integrated into 9.0 community edition
One of the first efforts to move features from Enterprise Edition to Community Edition seems to be underway.
Is MySQL Due for a Renaissance?
Blog post by Tarus Balog from Amazon about observations on MySQL and current changes around the community.
Join the Public MySQL Community Roadmap Discussion Webinar (Edition #2)
As part of Oracle’s efforts to re-engage with the MySQL community, they are hosting another roadmap discussion webinar to discuss future changes to MySQL.
Oracle Declines Community Proposal for Neutral MySQL Foundation
Press coverage of on-going discussions between Oracle and MySQL community members (including VillageSQL) looking to create a vendor-neutral foundation for the community.
Database News:
Oracle is the latest tech company slashing jobs over AI
More layoffs at Oracle amidst changing priorities, this time attributed to AI innovations
CMU Postgres vs. The World - Aurora DSQL Talk by Mark Brooker
The CMU series from Andy Pavlo’s course called “Postgres vs. The World” has posted a number of their talks, including this one by AWS on DSQL.
DB9 launches a new service that is Postgres for Agents
MariaDB to Acquire GridGain: Architecting the Real-Time Foundation for the Agentic Enterprise
MariaDB makes another acquisition as K1, the private equity behind MariaDB, continues to invest in the acquisition. This is the third acquisition after SkySQL and Codership, makers of Galera Cluster.
MariaDB backs down on Galera removal after community outcry
MariaDB (the company) decides to change its decision to remove Galera from Community Edition after push back from MariaDB (the foundation) with a full recounting in the foundation board meeting notes.
Update your databases now to avoid data debt | InfoWorld
A number of major versions of popular database are all EOL’ing in the near future, so lots of decisions for database administrators on next steps.
