LXer: Interview with Marten Mickos CEO of MySQL AB

[ Thanks to Tom Adelstein for this link. ]

"LXer: What are your short and long term goals do you have for the MySQL database system?

"Marten: The top goal is always to produce something about which our users and customers can say, 'It just works!'

"This means focusing on reliability, performance and ease of use. Yes, we also add new features, but new features are not our top priority. We try to make sure that we fit into the new IT architectures--the LAMP stack, web applications, new types of enterprise applications, and so on..."

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