MySQL™: The World’s Most Popular Open Source Database 106 Competition by Size • Tier 1 - the billion dollar league • Oracle (sales $10.5B, database licences $823m) • IBM DB2 (sales $85.9B) • Microsoft, SQL Server and Access • Sybase (sales $950.3M) • Tier 2 - the 100 million dollar league • Sybase SQL Anywhere, Progress • Tier 3 - the 5-50 million dollar league • Berkeley DB, Birdstep/Raima, Ardent, Interbase, Intersystems, Pervasive, Centura/Gupta, TimesTen, Solid, Pointbase, Polyhedra, Empress, Versant Copyright 2003 MySQL AB