MySQL chasing Sybase customers

MySQL AB has launched a new enterprise license priced at $40,000 including support. The company is specifically targeting Oracle, MS SQL Server, Sybase and DB2 customers.

Will there be a rush of Sybase ASE customers to MySQL? Dan Farber figures that it will probably do more in the short term to attract MySQL enterprise database customers who download the software but don't pay MySQL a cent for service and support.

I tend to agree with Dan. I reviewed industry research last year into MySQL and the global DBMS wars - I've come to the conclusion that medium-to-large enterprises run a product mix with at least two different platforms. Increasingly, mySQL is the second (or third) platform - but I don't see it currently replacing the big three in the Unix world (Oracle, DB2, Sybase).