Who am I ?
about.me/lefred
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• @lefred
• @lefredbe.bsky.social
• @[email protected]
• @lefred14:matrix.org
• MySQL Evangelist
• using MySQL since version 3.20
• devops believer
• living in
• h�ps://lefred.be
Frédéric Descamps
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1995
The �rst internal version of MySQL had the working title of UNIREG.
MySQL was founded by Michael "Monty" Widenius, David Axmark, and Allan Larsson.
The �rst version of MySQL appeared on 23 May 1995.
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1997
My �rst steps with MySQL
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1998
MySQL AB was founded as the company behind MySQL, providing support, consulting services and commercial licensing.
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2000
MySQL becomes an Open-Source project by adopting the GPL license.
This accelerated the adoption of MySQL by the community as the database of choice for web applications.
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2001
MySQL 3.23 released: this version brought signi�cant performance improvements, including the introduction of the MyISAM
storage engine.
2 million active installations
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2003
MySQL 4.0 released: this version introduced the InnoDB storage engine, which provided ACID compliaance and transactions,
making MySQL a viable option for enterprise applications.
4 million active installations
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2005
MySQL 5.0 released with support for stored procedures, triggers, views, and more advanced features, making it more
competitive in the database market.
Oracle acquires Innobase Oy, the company behind the InnoDB storage engine.
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2008
Sun Microsystems acquires MySQL AB for approximately $1 billion, showing the growing importance of open-source
databases in the enterprise environments.
Release of MySQL 5.1 with Sun.
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2009
Oracle Corporation acquires Sun Microsystems, including MySQL, adding open-source databases to its technical stack and a
commitment to MySQL.
MySQL 5.4, a preview or development release, with very nice performance improvements thanks to an "improved" InnoDB.
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2010
Release of MySQL 5.5 with Oracle and the �rst one with the InnoDB Team!
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2012
MySQL introduced GTID in MySQL 5.6, a feature that simpli�es replication.
MySQL 5.6 also introduced the Performance Schema, a feature that provides insight into the performance of the MySQL
server, helping administrators to optimize and troubleshoot their databases.
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2015
MySQL 5.7 released with signi�cant improvements in performance, scalability, and manageability.
JSON support, replication and security enhancements further solidi�ed MySQL's position as the leading open-source
database.
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2018
MySQL 8.0 is GA, a giant leap for SQL (windown functions, CTEs, roles, etc.), Atomic DDLs with Data Dictionary, and much
more.
MySQL adopts a continuous release model, with new features and improvements.
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2019
MySQL declared DBMS of the year from DB-Engines ranking.
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2020
Release of HeatWave, a fully-managed Oracle Cloud Infrastrucutre service, developed, managed and supported by MySQL
team with in memory accelerator, Object Storage, Machine Learning and GenAI capabilities.
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2024
MySQL 9 with VECTOR datatype and release of the �rst LTS: MySQL 8.4
MySQL surpasses 2 billion downloads
(o�cial website, docker pull, package managers and cloud deployments)
MySQL #1 DB for development (JetBrains survey)
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2025
MySQL celebrates 30 years of innovation, community, and success.
1 billion MySQL installations
over 2 billion downloads worldwide
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DB-Engines Open Source Database #1
since 2012
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MySQL 30 years of innovation,
and ongoing !
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MySQL Community Edition
• MySQL Operator for Kubernetes
◦ Backup & PITR Support
◦ MySQL InnoDB ClusterSet (DR)
• MySQL REST Service
• Hypergraph Optimizer
• Atomic I/O (no need for double write bu�er)
MySQL Enterprise Edition
• JavaScript Stored Procedures
◦ Library Support
• Improved HA
◦ Smarter failovers
◦ Reaplication manageability
• Open Telemetry
• OpenID Connect Authentication
• MySQL EE Developer License
Recent and future innovations
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MySQL HeatWave
• JavaScript Stored Procedures
◦ GenAI and AutoML APIs available
• Always Free Trier MySQL HeatWave on OCI
◦ OLTP, Autopilot, Javascript
◦ Vector Store, Vector Processing
◦ Machine Learning (AutoML)
◦ Lakehouse
• Auto Indexing
• GenAI: optimizing LLMs on CPU
Recent and future innovations (2)
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