MySQL™: The World’s Most Popular Open Source Database 35 The World’s Most Popular Open Source Database • Numbers – An estimated 4 million installations – More than 1.8 million web visits per month – Average of 29,000 downloads PER DAY – Google finds some 8 million pages with “mysql” (on par with “oracle”) • Distribution – Every major Linux distribution includes MySQL – LAMP = Linux + Apache + MySQL + PHP/Perl/Python – Mac OS X servers,Sun LX50 servers, Sun Cobalt Qube 3 appliances, Solaris 9 Companion CD, DELL PowerEdge Web Servers, Packet Design Route Explorer, etc. equipped with MySQL Copyright 2003 MySQL AB