Just to throw my two cents in, I have been hacking MySQL. I am working on
porting MySQL to a new database kernel (actually, an existing one that I
currently develop on) that will add a lot of scalability features that I
could personally use. Among the ways I make money, I write custom database
engines so this isn't exactly new territory for me. I really like the
top-end to MySQL; it rocks and sports a lot of interesting and useful
features. Given a more scalable back-end I would use MySQL for more than I
currently do, a situation I am working on. I know a lot of other people
who like MySQL, but who have run into similar scalability issues that are
forcing them to use other databases. If these get fixed, I believe the
user base will expand rapidly.
-James Rogers
jamesr@stripped
At 03:18 PM 7/14/99 -0600, you wrote:
>
>And I believe we have a shot to get MySQL to the point where it can
>replace Oracle in 95% of the cases. It would take a team of developers
>on the net to help Monty. Look at Linux - Linus wrote only about 10% of
>the code himself - the rest was written by the programmers interested in
>seeing Linux succeed. Some even got their companies to pay for it.
>Apache is another example of a successful open source project done by a
>team. MySQL is not quite there yet - Monty has written about 90% of the
>code himself - this is very impressive - how many of us could write an
>RDBMS similar to MySQL almost entirely on our own? Now if MySQL is as
>great as it is now, can you image what would happen, if Monty starts
>getting some help? I wanted to do it for a long time, but just kept
>putting it off. Finally I decided to take a leap of faith - interviewed
>for a new job, and negotiated working on MySQL development as part of
>the contract - so starting August 1st I'll be officially hacking MySQL -
>I'm excited!
