For those who don't know, MySQL is one of the top rated databases available and arguably the fastest database around. It is also available under your choice of a free open source license or a commercial license with support.
I know a lot of very large companies that use MySQL, often because they really need the speed. One place uses it to collect real time data from a production line. The company has "standardized" on another database, but it just cannot handle the data fast enough. MySQL acts as a buffer and feeds the data into the "standard" database at a rate it can keep up with.
MySQL is really wide spread on the internet too, where millions of users can be hitting a site simultaniously speed is really important.
Builder AU recently did a comparison (including ROI) between MySQL and some of the other big name databases like Oracle, MS SQL and DB2. They named MySQL their editors choice award.
I could have titled this post "Too many conferences, too little time" Not only does O'Reilly have the ETech conference coming up, but now there is the MySQL users conference! I would love to go learn more about MySQL from the masters they have lined up.
Subject Tags: [OReilly] [MySQL] [Database] [Conference]
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