About MySQL

MySQL® Server as such is not a product we sell, it is "free" under the GPL v2 license. Open Query develops auxiliary products and services.

Shown above is a picture of Monty, the original author of MySQL and co-founder of the company MySQL (which was acquired for $1bln by Sun Microsystems in 2008). The text on Monty's shirt "my free software runs your company" is indicative of the Open Source landscape in many companies, although some are not yet aware of it...