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by ingrownpsyche 4600 days ago
Is it not the case that back in the day MySQL was better suited to running small to medium website backends with simple schemas out of the box? I know this hasn't been the case for a long time but I think it might be a contributing factor to MySQL's success.
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The advantages were ease of installation on Windows, and network effects.