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Yes, one area where MySQL excels is it doesn't cost $40k per server to have an unlimited (e.g. wired up to the internet, so anyone can use) license.

PG said in one of his rants, "Do you know of any start ups choosing to go with Oracle? I don't either."

A whole new generation of companies (like RoR dev shops) are using Postgre/MySQL as clusters/shards and have no intention to ever moving to Oracle. This way, Oracle still captures revenue from them. (If they are paying for support).



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