SANTA CRUZ, CA, March 22, 2007 - MySQL has gained 25% market share in overall database usage by developers in the last two years, according to data drawn from a range of recent multi-client surveys published by Evans Data Corporation, a vendor-neutral third-party market research firm. The data shows 40% database usage by developers, up from 32% two years earlier. Evans Data Corp. noted that with more and more developers using Open Source (65% in North America in Fall 2006), usage of MySQL is projected to continue to increase in the future.

"We continue to see the maturation of open-source databases reflected by the continually increasing levels of adoption," said John Andrews, President, Evans Data Corporation. "In an increasing number of our ratings categories, we're seeing open-source databases meeting or exceeding proprietary databases."

Other findings from Evans Data Corporation:

• Broad acceptance of MySQL can be attributed to the rapid overall adoption of the LAMP stack
• Among developers in enterprise organizations, four out of ten report that they use an open source database within their operations
• More than two thirds of Open Source developers (69%) are very satisfied with the Open Source database options on the market today

Evans Data Corporation provides regularly updated IT industry market intelligence based on in-depth surveys of the global developer population. Evans' syndicated research includes surveys focused on developers in a wide variety of subjects.

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