Google Adwords Runs on MySQL (Ex-Googler)

Interesting history about the Google decision-making process. Unfortunately the comments on the post (December 2005) start to degrade into a (rather obsolete) discussion of MySQL vs Oracle vs. PostgreSQL .

The only thing that hasn't change since then about evaluations of MySQL as a database is the "religious"-like heat (pros & cons) that accompanied what could be a useful analysis of pros & cons.

Since I don't have a need for transactions, have a few years of experience w/MySQL, and have it in my coding habits (as well as on servers of all clients to date)... I confess that I just keep scanning for possible persuasions why I should be jumping anywhere else. [ though I also confess hoping that the new Sun overlords will push to address its competitiveness... outside commercial-grade version ]