MySQL AB plans to wean itself from any dependence on rival Oracle Corp. by building a data storage engine that will work inside its open-source database and by encouraging more third-party vendors to create similar storage engines. At its annual user conference this week in Santa Clara, Calif., MySQL plans to release an application programming interface for developing storage engines that can be plugged into its namesake database. In addition, the company is working on an engine of its own, code-named Falcon, CEO Marten Mickos said last week.
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