> Was mysql "ready for production" when google used it? facebook? Lol. Actually, yes, yes it was. It had been used in production environments for quite a while

> Was mysql "ready for production" when google used it? facebook? Lol. Actually, yes, yes it was. It had been used in production environments for quite a while by the time they came to use it. It was stable, reliable and had known performance characteristics and replication behaviour.