Start following the development of Drizzle (https://launchpad.net/drizzle https://launchpad.net/drizzle), it is based on MySQL and some of the core MySQL guys a

Start following the development of Drizzle (https://launchpad.net/drizzle https://launchpad.net/drizzle), it is based on MySQL and some of the core MySQL guys are working on it (for instance, Monty Taylor: https://launchpad.net/~mordred https://launchpad.net/~mordred). From what I understand (which may not be much...), long-time MySQL stalwarts would probably move to Drizzle instead of moving to MySQL 6, anyway.