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internetnews.com: MySQL Eyes Enterprise with 5.0 Alpha

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 12, 2004

“MySQL AB took the wraps off the latest version of its database
server Monday, a product that now offers enterprise-grade
capabilities such as stored procedures to the open-source
software.

“Stored procedures are Structured Query Language (SQL)
statements that are compiled in the database so that they can be
accessed across multiple applications.

“Such features, which cater to complex enterprise resource
planning (ERP) applications from vendors like Siebel or PeopleSoft,
will effectively enable MySQL to compete with Microsoft’s SQL
Server, IBM’s DB2 and Oracle’s Database products…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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