The superiority of the open source model vs. traditional software development approaches has ceased
being a debate, with industry analysts and others recognizing the advantages that come with adopting an
open source framework. Having a committed and loyal user base that uses, supports, and extends a piece
of software allows much greater innovation to occur within a product, plus it helps the software evolve and
improve much more quickly.
In the case of MySQL, the best of both worlds is found. MySQL is a formal company, owns the rights to the
MySQL database server, and internally develops the product. But in addition, a huge community of MySQL
users are constantly testing, submitting bug reports, and tendering enhancements (which undergo a
rigorous review and approval process) for the server.
Finally, MySQL has a large and growing ISV partner network that also develops software and
improvements for the MySQL server (something that will be demonstrated in greater detail later in this
paper).
http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1540,2159186,00.asp.
With three strong avenues of development converging into one product, the end result is greater
innovation, faster release cycles, and a product that is able to more quickly meet the exact needs of
modern data warehousing applications.
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