MySQL is the world’s most popular open-source database server which delivers a very fast, multi-threaded, multi-user, and robust SQL (Structured Query Language) database server. First released in January, 1998, MySQL is introduced by company MySQL AB. MySQL AB is a commercial company, founded by the MySQL developers. MySQL AB was originally established in Sweden by David Axmark, Allan Larsson, and Michael "Monty" Widenius.

In 26 February 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc( a well-known company developed Java). acquired MySQL AB, the company behind MySQL, the world’s most popular open source database. Now MySQL is a subsidiary of Sun Microsystems, which holds the copyright to most of the codebase.

MySQL is very popular because MySQL run across every major operating system - Linux, Windows, Solaris and the Mac; and every major system platform, from IBM, Intel, AMD, Dell, Sun and HP; and provides application program interfaces (APIs) for all major programming languages, including C, C++, Eiffel, Java, Perl, PHP, Python, and Tcl. MySQL is used in a wide range of applications, including Embedded Applications, Telecom, Service Providers, Retail, data warehousing, e-commerce, Web databases, logging applications and distributed applications.

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