mdean wrote:
> *I talked to the president of two of the companies below and they all
> have positive experiences with mysql. I think to counteract this, there
> needs to be proactive evangelism taking place, with leadership from
> postgresql leading an effort to certify a lapp stack*
> ***
This is already happening with Spike and Covalent.
Joshua D. Drake
>
> Tectonic
> Africa's Source for open source news
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> *http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1125 'MySQL, Linux powers Web
> 2.0' - O'Reilly
> 22 August, 2006
> Staff Writer
> Without Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP many Web 2.0 companies would not
> exist today. This is according to Tim O'Reilly, CEO of O'Reilly Media
> and the person most often credited for coining the term
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0> Web 2.0. O'Reilly was quoted
> saying this in a recent media release by MySQL AB
> <http://www.mysql.com/>, developers of the popular open source database.
>
> "Without the LAMP software stack, many Web 2.0 companies would have
> never got off the ground," said O'Reilly.
>
> The MySQL open source database has become the database of choice for a
> new generation of highly-popular Internet companies pioneering Web 2.0
> technologies including the likes of YouTube, Flickr, Technorati,
> FeedBurner, Feedster, Wikipedia, Digg, LiveJournal, del.icio.us and Zimbra.
>
> MySQL is particularly popular among companies developing Internet-based
> applications for its speed and its ability to scale out quickly.
>
> Web 2.0 companies are a new breed of sites that combine user
> collaboration and modern development technologies such as Ruby on Rails,
> AJaX and LAMP to create highly interactive services.
>
> MySQL's Zack Urlocker, says most of the "big names" in Web 2.0
> development today are using the MySQL database. "Designed to be as fast
> and flexible as the Internet itself, MySQL is helping Web 2.0 develop
> into tomorrow's modern enterprise infrastructure."
>
> MySQL has released a whitepaper on the benefits of using MySQL to build
> Web 2.0 applications. The paper can be downloaded here
> <http://www.mysql.com/industry/web/> (registration required).
>
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