Published March 17th, 2003 by Jim O'Halloran
Fortune on MySQL
Fortune talks about MySQL. No real technical info here, which given the venue isn’t a surprise, but some useful excepts for people looking to convince managers that MySQL is a “serious” option…
The products are also free or close to it, which, needless to say, helps them grow rapidly if they’re good. MySQL is used in four million installations around the world, Mickos estimates. The product gets downloaded for free off the company’s website about 30,000 times a day.
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Mickos is already seeing real headway. “I estimate we command 20% of the worldwide installed base of databases,” he says.