MySql'in Ticari Başarısı

Mysql'in başarılı olmasının arkasındaki etkenleri düşünerek alınmış notları paylaşmak istedim. Notların kaynağı olan döküman MySql kurucularından David Axmark'ın bir sunumu. Anlamı korumak için özellikle ingilizce bıraktım, çevirmedim.
(Malaysia 2003-08-26 MySql: The Commercial Opensource Database)

The MySQL project was started to make money (but not only for this!)

MySQL server has been developed by a company (with paid developers) not by volunteers.

But we could not have done it without all the help with word of mouth marketing, bug reports, ideas, client and tool development and feedback...

MySQL has always been developed for practical production use:
    – We did not care much about Database theory only practical use

We spent a lot of time making MySQL easy to install and use.
    – The 15 Minutes rule: The goal was (and is) to make it possible to install MySQL and try it out in 15 minutes.

We wrote documentation at the same time we wrote code (uncommon in OpenSource projects)

Kevin Harvey of Benchmark Capital says that 3 things are needed for commodityzation:
    – In widespread use
    – Industry has settled on common standards
    – New features are less important than price and performance.

We can hire people who already know the code.(as a result of opensource code)

MAKING MONEY ?

=> Commercial (non GPL) Licenses
    – The GPL version contains MORE than the commercial!
    – Short rule: “If you are free we are free, if you are commercial we are commercial”
=> Support Agreements
    – From basic email support up to 24by7 phone support
=> Training Courses
=> Consulting
=> Certification