News MySQL Upgrades Flagship Database, Services Release of MySQL 6.0 is expected in mid-2008. By Jeffrey Schwartz 10/01/2007 In its first major refresh in nearly two years, MySQL AB is set to release ...

While the database management tool for Visual Studio is going to be a wonderful addition, down the road it would be nice to see other plug-ins come out of the MySQL camp.

Microsoft on Monday is releasing the second beta version of its upcoming Visual Studio 2005 as well as the April Community Technology Preview for the SQL Server 2005 database.

In its first major refresh in nearly two years, MySQL is set to release a new version of its flagship open source database accompanied by a bevy of new tools and beefed-up subscription-based services.