i just read an article about MySQL. would this cause some future problems on database management. wat do you think.
Unfortunately, this is what happens when an open-source product is sold to a commercial company. The original product becomes a 'community edition' and the focus turns to the development of a commercial product. MySQL is a good database but will need some serious development effort to catch-up the commercial competition (Oracle, DB2, SQL/Server) and that can't be achieved by relying on volunteer contributions by the open source community.
MySQL to launch new features only in MySQL Enterprise http://jcole.us/blog/archives/2008/...launch-new-features-only-in-mysql-enterprise/ And http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=49087