internetnews.com: MySQL 4.0.12 Ready to Roll

“MySQL AB, which hawks a popular open source database to shake
market share loose from such entrenched industry mainstays as
Oracle and IBM, said Tuesday its flagship product is ready for
public use and supports Intel Itanium 2 processors running
Linux.

“The Swedish concern said MySQL 4.0.12 passed a series of tests
with no fatal bugs and then completed so-called battle-testing, in
which the software was heavily taxed in live environments for about
three months.

“MySQL version 4.0 is now the standard code base for all MySQL
database downloads. Available under the Free Software/Open Source
GNU General Public License (GPL) or a non-GPL commercial license,
MySQL has been gaining momentum, boasting 4 million installations,
including such high-profile customers as Yahoo!, Lucent and
Sony…”

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