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		The largest website on the Internet uses MySQL...
		2 points by captaincrunch on Nov 7, 2011 \| hide \| past \| web \| favorite \| 3 comments
		Why can't you?

benologist on Nov 7, 2011

You mean Google or Facebook? In both cases didn't they extensively modify it, and still only use it for certain parts of their offerings?

scottshea on Nov 7, 2011

And in the case of Facebook it is strangling them... roughly 2/3 of their 9000+ MySQL servers do nothing but control the servers that actually store data.

lucisferre on Nov 7, 2011

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