I remember the same situation around those days: everyone wanted to get a database behind their site, but MySQL felt like you were running with scissors. It was

I remember the same situation around those days: everyone wanted to get a database behind their site, but MySQL felt like you were running with scissors. It was easy to sell Oracle to clients then despite the $5k+ cost. Oracle's sales cycle may been protecting them until now, but they must realize what will happen when they abandon their strong technical underpinnings.