MySQL Enterprise

MySQL yesterday starting talking about a new enterprise subscription pricing strategy. For an annual fee of $40,000, you get MySQL Enterprise Server Software (with monthly updates, quarterly service packs and emergency hotfix builds), round-the-clock phone support (plus Knowledge Base and Web) on unlimited installations, and MySQL Network Monitoring & Advisory services -- a remote monitoring service that watches your databases and tells you when problems are brewing.

Zack Urlocker, MySQL executive vice president of products, is quoted by LinuxInsider as follows: "The offer is targeted to companies that have enterprise license agreements with Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) , Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) , DB2 or others. In many cases we know that companies are spending more than a million dollars in license fees, but we've priced MySQL Enterprise Unlimited so that it's affordable to medium-sized businesses also."

Posted by John Jainschigg at 10:24 AM  Permalink