2026年初，一项沉睡了20年的数据库技术专利悄然到期，给开源社区带来了前所未有的机遇。这项名为Orasort的算法，曾是Oracle数据库的“秘密武器”，让其性能暴涨5倍。数据库专家Mark Callaghan将其誉为“解决相似数据排序痛点的钥匙”。如今，随着专利壁垒的崩溃，MySQL、PostgreSQL等开源数据库即将合法使用这项“神级算法”，数据处理效率或将迎来重大的变革。

As Big Red's governance of the popular database comes into question, contributors to MySQL consider wresting control ...

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Oracle is synonymous with database. In fact, the company has about six different databases to solve whatever data management problem you have. Are you still running OpenVMS? Oracle will hook you up ...

Since Oracle launched its MySQL HeatWave service in December 2020, it has continuously driven differentiation in the database-as-a-service market. While competing against some of the biggest names in ...