MySQL™: The World’s Most Popular Open Source Database 66 The Market Needs an Alternative IBM PRESENT-DAY SITUATION: DESIRABLE SITUATION: - onerous prices and licensing ORACLE vacant - compelling prices, low up-front terms investment - vendor lock-in - open standards, open software - products have too many features stacks, open source MICROSOFT - products with just the right - products continue to have bugs amount of features - mandatory DBAs - battle-tested products - performance requires tuning - minimal admin overhead - little bang for the buck - superior performance + ISV aspect: Big Three DBMS vendors - great bang for the buck compete with many of their own ISVs in the application space Copyright 2003 MySQL AB