In the realm of web development, the LAMP stack stands as a time-tested, versatile foundation for building dynamic websites and applications. This stack, an acronym for Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP, ...

Sun has sent shockwaves through the open-source software community today by acquiring open-source database company MySQL AB. The MySQL database is regarded as one of the core components of open source ...

Throughout the 2000s, a huge number of website developers rejected the Enterprise Java or .NET platforms for web development in favor of the “LAMP” stack – Linux, Apache, MySQL and Perl/Python/PHP.

Sun Microsystems's acquisition of MySQL was "a billion-dollar vote for the LAMP stack." That's how former MySQL CEO Marten Mickos, now senior vice president in Sun's Database Group, characterized the ...