MySQL Wins Prestigious International Database Contest

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Germany's c't Magazine Names Open Source Database the Benchmark Winner over Oracle, DB2, PostgreSQL and Others

Munich, Germany -- August 28, 2006 -- MySQL AB, developer of the world's
most popular open source database, announced today that its internal
benchmark team has won an international contest sponsored by the renowned IT
industry magazine c´t for the fastest e-commerce database application. The
magazine's editors held the contest to evaluate database performance in
real-world business use by creating a standard online inventory system.

"The DVD shop created by MySQL is the hands-down winner of the performance
crown," the magazine summarizes. "It clearly demonstrates the capabilities
of a carefully configured MySQL/PHP application." The MySQL DVD online
store was able to process 3,664 orders per minute (opm). If a second
computer had been used, the figure would have gone up to 6,000 opm, showing
that MySQL is highly suitable for business use.

c´t draws additional conclusions: "MySQL is obviously by far the most
popular database among developers." More than half of the solutions
submitted were created using MySQL. No database product by any other
manufacturer was listed more than once among working solutions. Of the
well-known brands, DB2 Express (1,537 opm) and Oracle Express (1,412 opm)
placed seventh and eighth. Fellow open source database PostgreSQL ranked
thirteenth, with 120 opm.

"We're very proud of the outstanding success our benchmark team has
achieved -- showing how fast MySQL can be for everyday,
transaction-intensive tasks," said Robin Schumacher, director of product
management for MySQL AB. "The performance edge of the MySQL entry is a
testament to their skills and the product itself. These results show the
power of MySQL in an affordable scaled-out Web environment - whether
developers choose to 'do-it-themselves', or take advantage of MySQL's own
world-class in-house expertise and professional services."

c't is regarded as Germany's most comprehensive source of information for
computer professionals and power users. The bi-weekly magazine publishes
more than 380,000 copies per issue and has a very popular Web site,
especially within the open source community.

The complete MySQL results from the c't database contest can be downloaded
at http://www.mysql.de/ct-dbcontest (German language).

MySQL AB will be holding two European customer conferences in London and
Munich in October 2006 -- featuring special presentations on MySQL
performance tuning. For more information, please visit

www.mysql.com/news-and-events/european-conferences/

About MySQL

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database products -- including MySQL Network, a comprehensive set of
certified software and premium support services. The company's flagship
product is the MySQL Server, the world's most popular open source database,
with more than 10 million active installations. Many of the world's largest
organizations, including Yahoo!, Alcatel, The Associated Press, Suzuki and
NASA are realizing significant cost savings by using MySQL to power
high-volume Web sites, business-critical enterprise applications and
packaged software.

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