MySQL Powers Web 2.0, Say Advocates

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Tuesday, August 15, 2006; 03:08 AM

The MySQL open source database has become the database-of-choice for the new generation of highly-popular Internet companies pioneering new "Web 2.0" innovation.

Leading Web 2.0 sites such as YouTube, Flickr, Habbo Hotel, Linden Labs, CyWorld, Technorati, Facebook, FeedBurner, Feedster, Wikipedia, Digg, LiveJournal, Mixi.jp, SimpleStar, PhotoBucket, 37signals, del.icio.us, Trulia, Neopets, and Zimbra have all selected MySQL to power their explosive growth -- due to the database's speed and ability to easily "scale-out" on low-cost hardware.

"Without the LAMP software stack, many Web 2.0 companies would have never got off the ground," says Tim O'Reilly, the alpha geek watcher and CEO of O'Reilly Media. LAMP is the acronym for the popular open source computing environment that comprises the Linux operating system, Apache Web server, MySQL database and Perl, Python or PHP scripting languages.

"Web 2.0 companies are a new breed of sites that combine user collaboration and modern development technologies such as Ruby on Rails, Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) and LAMP to create highly interactive and compelling services," said Zack Urlocker, MySQL AB's executive vice president of products. "Almost all of these sites are managing their explosive growth by using MySQL as their underlying database platform. Designed to be as fast and flexible as the Internet itself, MySQL is helping Web 2.0 develop into tomorrow's modern enterprise infrastructure."

"The exponential growth of the Simple Star PhotoShow platform demands systems that scale rapidly, dependably and cost-effectively," said Mike Edmunds, Chief Operating Officer for Simple Star. "MySQL provides the mission-critical, high-volume systems that uniquely meet our needs. Millions of new users are now experiencing PhotoShow, the most complete and easy-to-use photo platform available."

A new whitepaper on the benefits of using MySQL to enable Web 2.0 applications is now available at http://www.mysql.com/industry/web/.