MySQL going for IPO

rustypup · Post by **rustypup** » 31 Jan 2007, 09:09

Computer Business Review wrote:"We are planning to go public," Mickos told Computer Business Review in an exclusive interview, adding that the Uppsala, Sweden-based database management vendor is in no hurry to go public after raising $18.5m in Series C funding this time last year and $39m in total.

Computer Business Review wrote:When it does go public, MySQL will be one of only a handful of open source vendors to do so. Red Hat, VA Linux (now VA Software), and Caldera (now SCO Group) led the way in 1999 and 2000 before the dot-com crash took its toll on the IPO market.

i read this with mixed feelings... although, extra capital could see huge improvements in upgrade development and market penetration...

Post by **Kronos** » 31 Jan 2007, 09:41

Well, I've never cared much for MySQL, so I don't care what they do :huh:

rustypup · Post by **rustypup** » 31 Jan 2007, 09:45

oi! you're not allowed to be nasty to MySQL!... pcf could withhold donuts for that..

i take it you're a postgre fan?

Post by **Kronos** » 31 Jan 2007, 10:06

Actually, no.

I like Oracle's DB Engine, but I hate their Java (spit) interface.

I Like Microsoft SQL's interface. It's way more user friendly, and easy to use. And it looks cool.

MySQL has always just felt, well, amateurish to me.

I've never used Postgre

Another DB that I quite liked is Caché, but I haven't had a chance to actually ever use it in practise.

All in all, I prefer MS