One of the most daring move by the original founders of MySQL, the open-source database program, is the merger between Monty Program and SkySQL. The newly-merged company will operate under the SkySQL name.

The company will have the two main co-creators of the original MySQL, Monty Widenius, head of Monty Program AB, and David Axmark of SkySQL. They will pool both Monty Program and SkySQL's expertise in MariaDB support and development.

According to SkySQL the move will enable it to devote more resources to making MariaDB more able to interoperate with both NoSQL and SQL database systems. The merged company have chosen SkySQL CEO Patrick Sallner as the new CEO of the merged company. The head of Monty program, Monty Widenius will took the role as the new CTO.

The newly-formed company plans to develop new options to let the users of MySQL and MariaDB "manage their data effectively in the enterprise and cloud."

The SkySQL, was formerly created by around two dozen former MySQL executives and investors after Oracle bought MySQL from Sun Microsystem. Widenius on his part started Monty Program AB and created the MariaDB database from some of MySQL’s open source code.

The newly-formed merged company SkySQL merger will provide a stronger rival to MySQL, so reassuring users who are worried about Oracle's future plans for the open source database. Oracle's acquisition of MySQL was greeted with suspicion that Oracle would weaken MySQL in favor of Oracle's own database.

Although Oracle countered by publicly pledging to maintain MySQL as an open platforms, and has released some significant updates to MySQL but their moves hasn't silenced their critics who stated that Oracle is slowly closing off MySQL, pointing out that the company raised the entry-level support pricing.

The merger is expected to be completed in around four months. For more information about the merger just visit the official SkySQL website.