MySQL is trumpeting its open source database as the
power behind a range of pioneering “Web 2.0” internet
sites.
Web 2.0 sites – websites such as social networking sites, wikis
and communication tools that allow online collaboration and sharing
– are an increasingly popular part of the internet landscape.
MySQL said its database had been selected by Web 2.0 sites
including the YouTube video sharing site, Flickr’s picture hosting
site, the Technorati blog search engine, online reference guide
Wikipedia, and the LiveJournal social networking site.
MySQL is part of the open source environment dubbed Lamp – for
the Linux operating system, Apache Web server, MySQL database and
Perl, Python or PHP scripting languages – credited by IT and media
commentator Tim O’Reilly as crucial to the new generation
websites.
“Without the Lamp software stack, many Web 2.0 companies would
have never got off the ground,” he said.
In February, MySQL secured an extra $18.5m (£11m) in funding for
expansion into the enterprise database market, including the
development of new products. The sum included venture capital
pumped in by Intel, Red Hat and SAP.
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