What can we learn from MySQL?

Here is a blog about a recent MySQL conference with title, "Why MySQL
Grew So Fast":

    http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/4715

and a a Slashdot discussion about it:

    http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/04/20/2229212&mode=nested&tid=137&tid=185&tid=187&tid=198

My question is, "What can we learn from MySQL?"  I don't know there is
anything, but I think it makes sense to ask the question.

Questions I have are:

    o  Are we marketing ourselves properly?
    o  Are we focused enough on ease-of-use issues?
    o  How do we position ourselves against a database that some
       say is "good enough" (MySQL), and another one that some
       say is "too much"  (Oracle)
    o  Are our priorities too technically driven?

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