[ Thanks to Matt for
this link. ]
“MySQL kicked off its first-ever users conference by releasing
the source code of its upcoming MySQL 5.0 product and touting its
reputation as the little database company that could.“The Swedish company, which develops open-source database
software, is making its way into markets once dominated by
proprietary database vendors such as Oracle, IBM, Microsoft and
Sybase. During a keynote address Thursday morning, co-founder David
Axmark said more than 29,000 people are downloading MySQL each day,
and it has more than 4 million users worldwide.“‘Compared to when we started we are a very real company,’
Axmark told some of the conference’s 500 attendees here. MySQL,
which had just 20 employees as recently as two years ago, has grown
to about 65 full- and part-time workers today…”