MySQL A Threat to Bigwigs?

Disoculated writes "Is MySQL a threat to bigwigs? is the question asked in CNN's technology section. The article notes that MySQL is running perhaps 20% of the web databases but its revenue is merely 0.02%... yet the company is still making money and putting out an excellent product. Is this a sign that the database market is in for a drastic change? Of course, there's no mention of PostgreSQL or mSQL, but I guess that's typical."

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[Maxwell'sSilverLART]

I was thinking of how to intentionally fail my drug test... It would make a good memoir story someday.

How about dropping something in the sample; say, a gram of cocaine? Definite failure, with the advantage of being well in excess of LD50--make it show up as "so high, he died a long time ago." Has the added advantage of shaking faith in the drug testing system, if somebody can come out with an impossible combination. On the second test, substitute an entirely different drug. Really mess with 'em.