MySQL is the most widely used open-source database in the world. This white paper looks at how open source in general leads to more streamlined database solutions that are easier and less costly to deploy and support, and also at how open source has made MySQL in particular a higher-performing, more reliable, and more affordable alternative to proprietary solutions. It also shows how MySQL is benefiting a number of companies, including:

• Saving a major online retailer more than $1 million a year
  
• Delivering a solution for a telecommunications technology company at a cost ten times less than others the company evaluated
  
• Reducing costs by more than 50% as part of an overall open source strategy for a large national law enforcement organization in Western Europe