If you still think MySQL is too entrenched to be moved from its spot as the number one, open-source DBMS, you might to look at what Wikipedia is doing.

The MySQL Workbench software uses a graphical user interface to guide you through the table creation process, and you can build your queries and functions with better feedback from the database ...

Linux distributors have been moving from Oracle's MySQL to its popular fork, MariaDB - and now Google is also moving to MariaDB.

YourSQL supports activation of some of the more advanced features of MySQL such as indices, without requiring advanced technical knowledge from the users, according to MacTech magazine .

Security flaw in MySQL, MariaDB allows access with any password—just keep submitting it The flaw, patched in both databases, leaves some versions wide open to attackers ...