[KevinDavis]

I agree... I prefer MySQL over SQL Server and Oracle... May have to use PostgreSQL if Oracle kills MySQL..

[TChris]

If you're shopping, check out FirebirdSQL.

It's my favorite RDBMS.

[AdmSmith]

I agree... I prefer MySQL over SQL Server and Oracle... May have to use PostgreSQL if Oracle kills MySQL..

Why not migrate to MariaDB:

“I will do everything that is possible to keep MySQL alive,” says Michael (Monty) Widenius, the main developer of the well-known open source database. “I just hope it’s enough.”

Disagreeing with development decisions, Widenius himself left Sun eleven months after the purchase to start Monty Program AB, a non-profit company that develops MariaDB, a community-centered MySQL fork.

http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3861016/The-Fight-to-Save-MySQL-Interview-with-Monty-Widenius.htm