On Mar 22, 11:03 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> MySQL Piggy-Backs Open Source, Dominates DB Use
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> | To start with, developer database use is up 32% from two years
> | prior, bringing total usage to 40%. Growing adoption of the LAMP
> | stack (Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP) also makes a large contribution.
Even when MySQL is a front-end to high-end databases such as Oracle,
DB2, and Sybase, it's often easier to prototype with MySQL and scale
up using ODBC interfaces from MySQL to "back end" databases, rather
than rewrite applications to use the back end database's variants.
The good news is that MySQL is very compatible and uses a good SAFE
subset of SQL that can be implemented on a number of databases.
> | And Evans notes that as open source solutions -- already dominating
> | at 65% use in North America alone as of Fall '06 - increase in
> | popularity, the preference for MySQL will keep on following suit.
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> http://www.cmswire.com/cms/industry-news/mysql-piggybacks-open-source...
We are seeing more and more MySQL in a variety of solutions. MySQL is
really great for high speed lookup tables, and can be used with a
variety of other integration tools. Large "big iron" databases tend
to be more "Warehouse" focused.
The bigger trend is that MySQL is beginning to replace some of the MS-
SQL Server style solutions, where Linux/MySQL replaces Windows/SQL
Server solutions. There is a huge difference in price, and overall
savings can exceed 80-90%. We still don't see any TPC benchmarks for
Linux/MySQL because the benchmarking organization has been heavily
lobbied to not accept or publish benchmarks that threaten the major
vendors, but the $/TPC numbers are extremely low. The "Real World"
costs are even lower.
Often, the financial records and large customer databases themselves
are stored in "Big Iron" databases such as Db2 and Oracle on Unix
systems like Solaris, AIX, and/or HP_UX. But MySQL can be a very
useful integration tool for working with several different ODBC
databases.
> Related:
>
> MySQL prepares for IPO and reveals Oracle endorsement
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> | "We are planning to go public," Mickos told Computer Business
> | Review in an exclusive interview, adding that the Uppsala,
> | Sweden-based database management vendor is in no hurry to go
> | public after raising $18.5m in Series C funding this time
> | last year and $39m in total.
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> http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=26F5F8B6-8CC6-4529-8DE...
Hope that IPO goes well for them. The good thing for MySQL is that
they don't HAVE to go public. They are running well, and seem to be
quite profitable. Again, this is probably because so much of their
revenue comes from consulting and support, which is more of a "pay as
you go". Support especially has relatively low overhead and can be a
huge profit generator. The main challenge is making sure that the
customer is confident that you can make someone available to fix a
problem if something goes wrong at 3:00 AM EST. You have to have it
working by 9 AM EST or the stock prices could tank.
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