podman - 4:17 am on May 27, 2005 (gmt 0)

ODP 1998
mySQL 1.0 1995

mySQL may look great now, but in 1998, it might have been an unknown.

It would be great to upgrade the whole database, but who will pay the bill. I think it's more than a days work.

Remember it's not just the database, but all the controls to manipulate it, extract the RDF, etc., including a large number of editor developed tools that have become indispensable.