Developers could get a MySQL database running with minimal fuss—a contrast to heavier systems like Oracle or even PostgreSQL at the time. “It’s hard to compete with easy,” I observed in 2022.

As the market fragments and diversifies, I predict that MySQL's core strengths—connectivity, speed and security—will keep it at the forefront of database technology.

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MySQL, for the uninitiated, is the popular relational database management system (RDMS) created by Michael “ Monty ” Widenius, David Axmark, and Allan Larsson back in the mid-’90s.