… is appealing to improve performance for MySQL Applications ? Make it Lockless Can we re-implement MySQL Query Cache so it is lockless… some sort of garbage collection. Support for Delayed Invalidation Many MySQL application do not need absolutely up to date data, something… make it cool again. The question is whenever anyone from “MySQL Market Players” – Oracle, MariaDB, Drizzle, Percona Server, will allocate resources to…
Post: Watch out for Marketing benchmarks
August 23, 2006 By 7 Comments
… around MySQL limitations or design application so it uses MySQL strengths but it is other story. I am always surprised why Marketing department (not only MySQL Marketing, but any marketing) tries to…
Post: State of MySQL Market and will Replication live ?
April 9, 2008 By 29 Comments
… speak about disruption and commoditisation of Database Market, leaving this for Market talks, my interest is market of Web Applications in general. Clearly… of 90s when MySQL appeared on the market many web applications were simple and often not using database at all. MySQL did not… social graph or permissions). I would expect MySQL to continue to drill into Enterprise market during next few years but Web Applications…
Post: MySQL Consulting - Being on your own
February 20, 2007 By 7 Comments
… better. Market is Great The market is now great for MySQL Consulting. The number of MySQL users is growing rapidly thanks for MySQL Marketing and Sales… people with significant MySQL Experience and so MySQL Consultants is great way to solve problems for a lot of companies. Marketing Diving into…
Post: What should we say about Sun buying MySQL ?
January 21, 2008 By 2 Comments
… IPO already were done. This could be related to current market conditions or may be 1B price tag was at higher… on expanding MySQL market further which will mean more consulting work available, and not only that 
Anyway my warmest congratulations to MySQL Founders… once on the company meeting few years ago “If MySQL will get market value as Google is now, every one in this…
Post: A piece of Sun/MySQL Marketing
February 27, 2008 By 7 Comments
… Sun and MySQL and among other things – These Benchmarks This may be great piece of Benchmarks for Sales and Marketing needs as… Virtualization Software” used with Windows is a crap ? Remembering horrible MySQL performance loss from Xen and VMWARE It is quite possible… benchmark tends to compare. My advice to someone looking at marketing benchmarks would be to examine issues carefully and see what…
Post: Two Types of MySQL Users
May 10, 2010 By 5 Comments
… market) – they want to do stuff which was not done before, they are interested in all kinds of plugins, replicating from MySQL… this – you might think most relevant players in MySQL community participated in MySQL Users Conference over the years. This is about 2000… a very important group of users. Because of them MySQL got popularity and market position it has today. Users what want boring…
Post: MySQL Northern European Customer Conference
October 17, 2007 By 7 Comments
… It was perfect presentation from Marketing side perhaps the speaker kept quoting benefits of MySQL Enterprise from MySQL Marketing Materials . There is not much… looking for – how does “Average Joe” benefits from MySQL Enterprise offering and MySQL Services. I would prefer to hear about some project…
Post: Announcing Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo 2012
August 9, 2011 By 11 Comments
… are a vitally important part of the MySQL ecosystem, they cannot — cannot — replace the traditional MySQL conference and expo. The “and expo” is crucial here — the O’Reilly MySQL conference has occupied the crossroads of open-source, MySQL, community, and business. Emphasis on business… to bring a large audience to a venue, even in markets where we don’t have deep connections. We can make…
Post: An update on Percona Live MySQL Conference & Expo 2012
November 30, 2011 By 2 Comments
… saw her in action. And we have our new Chief Marketing Officer, Terry Erisman, who has experience running big events at… to do super-advanced and extreme things with MySQL, how to use MySQL for a Ruby on Rails application with MongoDB and… a cadre of the core MySQL developers to submit talks about what is new in MySQL, the MySQL roadmap for the future, and…
