Analysis: The Future of MySQL

MySQL is a typical success story. It was very fast at the beginning. Although it was somewhat loose, MYSQL gradually became the world's most popular open-source relational database system with the participation of users. Maybe MYSQL has reached its peak? Other types of open source database projects are constantly emerging and catching up with mysql's dominant position. Other open-source database products will certainly suck some MYSQL users.
With the rise of the Internet, mysql has started its own development period. In the past eight to ten years, for the development of a large number of websites and internal websites, mysql is a simple and quick choice. Now MySQL has become a mature database product, providing more available features than before. You can think about the dilemma of innovation and creators: on the one hand, we need to ensure that we meet the needs raised by users, and on the other hand, the number of users that need to be raised is constantly increasing, to solve this problem, MySQL AB (the company that produces MySQL database products) has begun to charge the annual registration fee of $250 for commercial users who need to use mysql database products.
MySQL is a database product based on the dual-Authorization mode. It does not charge any fees for non-commercial users, for commercial purposes, MYSQL databases need to pay at least $594 per server per year to mysql AB (including the technical support cost of the product, which is achieved through the MysQL Network service ), if the application code provided by a third-party developer needs to be released with the MySQL database, the copyright of the Code must be handed over to MySQL AB. Otherwise, MySQL will refuse to provide the following release of the third-party code, this is different from the past. The increasing business atmosphere may make Mysql lose the real value of open-source software.
In addition, open-source database providers, such as ipvs and Firebird, are catching up with each other. The replication performance of ipvs databases has been greatly improved, which is not affected by copyright and other commercial factors compared with MySQL, when you are faced with two different products that provide the same efficacy, will you choose products that cost more?
Recently, MySQL AB asked for a batch of venture capital and began to enter the regular business operation routine. From the MYSQL website, we can see that all types of products have a one-year license option, ranging from the basic $250 license annual fee to thousands of US dollars. Venture capital believes that mysql is worth the money and can bring substantial profits to themselves, and they believe that MySQL AB can make the money back for them.
Will the Postgres Database become more popular with users because of the commercial evolution of MySQL? Will the commercialization of MySQL become a very valuable thing like Oracle, IBM DB2, and Microsoft SQL Server, instead of ordinary users? We can only wait and see, let's verify the future of MySQL in the future.