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Why MySQL is the Right Choice for Your Business

MySQL is a good choice for most databases. In fact, even Yahoo relies on it for some of its database needs, so certainly it can be a good option for virtually any company.
MySQL lacks some of the features that are offered by Teradata, Oracle, and other competitors, but it has the features that a very large percentage of developers need to construct and maintain adequate databases. Its ease of use and rapid speed are the main selling points of MySQL.
MySQL AB, a Swedish company, is responsible for developing and selling the product, as well as providing technical support. The company does so through two types of licenses.

  • The GPL (general public license) allows most people to use MySQL for free, even if it’s for commercial website uses. This is known as open source software.
  • For a reasonable fee, developers can companies can buy a reasonably priced commercial license. This allows them to use MySQL as a component of a brand new program and then turn around and sell that program in the market.

Why is MySQL so popular?

Many IT experts like MySQL because it has high speed and a relatively small size that are appropriate for databases on websites. And of course the low price tag (free) has helped the technology take off in the IT community. The mostly commonly cited benefits of using MySQL are the following:

  • Speed: Other databases simply cannot compare with the speed of MySQL.
  • Price: Through the GPL, MySQL has an open source license and is absolutely free. Even the commercial license is inexpensive compared to the price of other programs.
  • Ease of use: MySQL databases are relatively easy to build and modify, because it uses the SQL language, which is the industry standard for relational database management systems.
  • Flexibility: No matter what operating system a company or developer prefers using, MySQL can handle it. Possibilities include Irix, OS/2, FreeBSD, MacOS, Linux, Windows, and many types of Unix, such as DEC UNIX, AIX, and Solaris.
  • Support: Tech support can be purchased from the Swedish company for a small free, but even without paying there are a lot of resources available for assistance with MySQL. Many MySQL users and the developers themselves participate in mailing lists that offer free support.
  • Security: Database administrators can choose to assign varying rights to individual users or groups. The authorization system relies on a system of encrypted passwords.
  • Size: By default, MySQL has a size limit of 4 GB, but that number can grow up to 8 million TB (terabytes) in theory, depending on the constraints of the operating system. At any given time, MySQL can deal with more than 50 million rows of data which, by any definition, is a very large database.
  • Customization: Because there’s an open source license, IT programmers can change and adapt MySQL, customizing it to better match their needs and those of their clients.