Next MySQL Database Coming Up In 2Q
MySQL is on track to deliver version 5 of its database in the second quarter, according to CEO Marten Mickos.
Source: CRNThe MySQL database, in alpha test for a year, promises support for stored procedures, triggers and views--all features on the wish list of larger companies. MySQL co-founders David Axmark and Michael "Monty" Widenius touted the new release and its potential at the company's user conference last year, and will likely reprise that at this year's meeting in April.
MySQL, along with PostgreSQL, is a favorite among the open-source database crowd, who say MySQL could encroach on database standbys such as Oracle and IBM DB2.
Chris Maresca, co-founder of Olliance Group, Palo Alto, Calif., said PostgreSQL is favored by users who need sophisticated database functions such as those found in commercial proprietary offerings. "They want the kind of complex transaction controls, table-level dependencies and triggers that Postgres has and MySQL doesn't," he said.
In an interview at LinuxWorld in Boston, Mickos acknowledged some MySQL-to-PostgreSQL movement, but shrugged it off. "They [PostgreSQL] absolutely try to be an Oracle replacement. We do not. We're here for new markets," Mickos told CRN.
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