Abstract: MySQL is a different from other OpenSource projects since it was started as a commercial AND OpenSource database developed by a company. Most other databases was either introduced by 'normal' proprietary commercial companies or the result of university research.
This lead to some different goals since MySQL development was driven by commercial users from day one.
The main benefits of using MySQL are Speed, Robustness and Usability -- the three cornerstones valued by our users since Day Zero.
We have since added many features, such as Replication, Transactions, Row-level Locking -- always without compromising the fundamental cornerstones.
In Japan MySQL AB has is working through our local partner Soft Agency who provides MySQL services in Japanese.
Due to good support of all main varieties of Japanese characters, MySQL is heavily-used also in Japan, with over 1500 active subscribers on the mailing list and multiple books published in Japanese.
With well over 10000 server downloads per day and an estimated 3 millions installations the MySQL Database system (TM) is one of the world's most used SQL databases.


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Abstract: InterBase is a new open-source database with a long history. It has been in commercial use for seventeen years - running silicon furnaces, managing test data for major commercial airline manufacturers, and in thousands of other applications. When the InterBase sources were released in July of 2000, an eager group of open source developers were ready to contribute. When their efforts were unsuccessful, they created a fork, called Firebird.
How are InterBase and Firebird different from other open-source databases? Aside from its commercial heritage, it pioneered a concept that we called "active database", meaning that processing information is stored in the database and associated with the data it affects. My talk focuses on the needs served by the active database features.


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