On: What MySQL Founder Michael Widenius said about Oracle acquiring Sun

[ocskills]

"They will embrace MySQL and Open Source and put their technical expertise on it to ensure that MySQL continues to be the most popular advanced Open Source database."

That distinction rightly belongs to PostgreSQL: http://www.postgresql.org/about/

[Radix → ocskills]

Notice that 'most' refers to 'popular' not 'advanced'. So, the point I believe you were making has nothing to stand against. MySQL is very popular and is also advanced.

[gaius → Radix]

It isn't even the most popular, that honour belongs to SQLite by a considerable margin.