MySQL is the second most popular database in use, according the DB-Engines Ranking, and is a key element of the LAMP — Linux, Apache HTTP Server, MySQL, PHP — open-source web development stack.

MySQL and PostgreSQL are two popular open-source database products. The addition of stored procedures to MySQL 5.0 is designed to make the database more attractive to corporate customers.

MySQL could have heightened the value of this service by letting an open-source version of Workbench run wild in the community, with all sorts of third-party modifications, plug-ins, etc.

The MySQL and OpenOffice open source franchises are now both facing forks led by influential members of the community. Oracle’s response may be telling in how it views these open source projects.

Interview: MySQL CEO Marten Mickos responds to Slashdot critics, expounds on the open-source database market and offers an outlook on 2004.

To properly evaluate the strengths of PostgreSQL and MySQL, the two leading open-source databases, one must look at the history and pedigree of each, and their feature functionality and ...