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MySQL Database Management System

MySQL Database Management System

Alternative to: Oracle Database or Microsoft SQL Server
Where to find it: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/

More than 100 million copies of MySQL have been downloaded, and another 50,000 or so copies are downloaded each day. Sun Microsystems CEO (JAVA) Jonathan Scwhartz (pictured) said in January that his company had purchased MySQL for about $1 billion.