On 30 Oct 2012, at 16:32, Chris Jack wrote: [...] > IMHO mysql got itself scr"wed for all time when it was acquired by Oracle. > How better to control what features get added to a low end competitor. At the > same time, you're dissuading development on other open source databases by > having something with already good functionality.
PostgreSQL and SQLite are both excellent open source databases that are still actively developed.