Google Inc. and MySQL AB are close to finalizing a deal that could find the open-source database vendor incorporating powerful features created by the search giant into future versions of the popular database.
On Monday, Google publicly released the source code for several custom features it had built in-house to enhance the performance and reliability of its search […]

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