MySQL innovating toward an IPO
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Blog: MySQL is relentlessly pushing its way toward an IPO, as BusinessWeek reports, which makes the entire open source ecosystem that much more valuable.
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Many have been expecting the initial public offering (IPO) from the Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) to be hot. The shares were originally priced at $20 to $22 each.
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The company has some major issues, which weighed heavily on its recent IPO.
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MySQL at the end of January is expected to release a beta version of its MySQL 5.0 open source database, which is to feature enterprise-level functionality such as stored procedures and triggers, according to a company representative.
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adpowers writes &quot;It is official. Google will have its IPO debut at $85 per share. To quote the article, &#39;At that price, the low end of its recently revised range, Google raised $1.
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Despite having revenues of around $70 million to $85 million, MySQL commanded an impressive $1 billion price tag in today's acquisition by database giant Oracle.
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Andreas Gohr has posted about a script he's created to act as a simple replacement for the PHP/MySQL database tool phpMyAdmin - what he calls MySimple.php.   Kaddi needed to fix something in her employer's database today. Unfortunately she had FTP access only. So the database change had to be made through a PHP script. [...] I looked for a basic MySQL PHP interface but couldn't find one. So I quickly wrote it my self.   He has a screenshot of the app in action included and you can grab the code from his wiki.
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Branching off a bit from his usual PHP video tutorials, Stefan Mischook has posted a different sort of video tutorial - an introduction to MySQL.    I've just released a new video introducing MySQL - PHP's partner in crime. I cover basic topics like: database types, the difference between a database and a spreadsheet, etc.   I also briefly introduce phpMyAdmin given that it is probably the most used MySQL management tool out there today.    He also promises more of these to come, focusing on the PHP and MySQL combination and working with them together practically.
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InfoWorld - MySQL on Wednesday announced general availability of Version 4.1 of its MySQL open source database, which the company is positioning as production-ready for large-scale enterprise usage.
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Sun Microsystems hopes to make MySQL's open-source database more attractive to enterprise customers. But some existing MySQL users say Sun has a lot of work ahead of it.
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There may be too much doubt surrounding the big IPO.
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Sun's acquisition of MySQL has broad implications for the software industry.
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Google has billed its IPO as a way for everyday people to get in on the process, denying Wall Street the usual stranglehold it's had on IPOs. Public bidding, a minimum of just five shares, an open process with 28 underwriters - all this pointed to a new level of public participation. But this isn't the case.
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Company goes head-to-head with MySQL and PostgreSQL with a free version of its ASE database for Linux.
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Sun Microsystems' purchase earlier this month of open-source database maker MySQL may have been pennywise and pound-foolish, with many observers suggesting that Valley stalwart Sybase was in fact the smarter buy. The logic is compelling -- but won't someone stand up for the cussedly independent?
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Before you get involved in an initial public offering, learn how IPOs work.
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From ITJungle.com today, there's a new article that talks to Zend about their effort to get PHP pushed to the System i platform via the Zend Core and the progress it's making.   The push to create a new generation of young PHP programmers and PHP-driven Web applications on the IBM System i is moving forward according to plan, according to Zend Technology, the company commercializing the open source scripting language and providing support and training services. "Things are going phenomenally well," Zend business development vice president Mike Pinette says, giving evidence of that early success. "We're firing on all cylinders."   They go on to talk about other offerings Zend is making available for the platform including their popular Zend Platform package. There's talk of how Zend's effort is spreading (across countries) and their additional focus on the "bread and butter" shops - "manufacturers, distributors, retail chains, banks, and financial institutions that have heavily invested in OS/400 and RPG over the years".