MySQL is a popular database management system that is used in some
six million installations. It is widely used for web applications,
especially in concert with PHP.
The MySQL DBMS is owned and sponsored by the Swedish company MySQL AB.
The company sells support and service contracts, as well as commercial
licenses.
The company makes MySQL available as free software and also under
traditional commercial licensing arrangements for cases where the intended
use is incompatible with use of the General Public License (GPL).
APIs exist for the following languages:
- C
- C++
- C#
- Eiffel,
- Smalltalk
- Java
- Lisp
- Perl
- PHP
- Python
- Ruby
- REALbasic
- Tcl
MySQL will run on the following platforms: AIX, BSDi, FreeBSD,
HP-UX, GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, NetBSD, Novell NetWare, OpenBSD, OS/2 Warp, QNX,
SGI IRIX, Solaris, SunOS, SCO OpenServer, SCO UnixWare, Tru64, Windows
95/98/NT/2000/XP.
