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by Legion 4891 days ago
I was expecting a more compelling case.
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berlinbrown 4891 days ago
A lot of people use it. It is the Java of databases.

Ironically, Oracle also is connected to Java.

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taligent 4891 days ago
> It is the Java of databases.

That makes absolutely no sense what so ever. Java is the dominate enterprise development platform.

MySQL is most popular in non-enteprise environments.

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berlinbrown 4891 days ago
Calm down, it is a harmless folksy anecdotal comment on two technologies (ironically trademarked by the same company).

Java is a technology (including web plugins) that has received a lot of criticism from the community. Just recently the Department of Homeland Security had to chime in and recommend that users disable Java due to security concerns. MySQL has always received criticism due to various issues.

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