My recollection is that MySQL got popular because it was the cool and hip and free replacement for mSQL. Certainly I recall migrating from the latter to the for

My recollection is that MySQL got popular because it was the cool and hip and free replacement for mSQL. Certainly I recall migrating from the latter to the former in 97 or so. Postgres at the time had only just started supporting SQL and was much harder to install, administer or understand than either (for me at least!)