A true multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server

SQL is the most popular database language in the world. MySQL is a
client/server implementation that consists of a server daemon mysqld
and many different client programs and libraries.
The main goals of MySQL are speed, robustness and ease of use. MySQL
was originally developed because the developers at TcX needed a SQL
server that could handle very large databases an order of magnitude
faster than what any database vendor could offer to them. They have now
been using MySQL since 1996 in an environment with more than 40 databases
containing 10,000 tables, of which more than 500 have more than 7 million
rows. This is about 100 gigabytes of mission-critical data.
The base upon which MySQL is built is a set of routines that have been
used in a highly demanding production environment for many years. While
MySQL is still in development, it already offers a rich and highly useful
function set.
The official way to pronounce MySQL is "My Ess Que Ell" (Not MY-SEQUEL).
This package does only contain the server-side programs.

Authors:
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    Michael Widenius <monty@mysql.com>
    David Axmark <davida@mysql.com>

SuSE series: ap