Strengths and Weakness of MySQL

Strengths:

■■ Speed ■■ Reliability ■■ Low system resource requirements ■■ Scalability ■■ Platform diversity ■■ Support for a large number of host languages ■■ ODBC support ■■ Free or low-cost licensing ■■ Inexpensive commercial support ■■ Strong user community backing ■■ Availability of the source code

Weaknesses:

■■ Lack of certain SQL features ■■ Lack of thorough testing on certain platforms ■■ Difficulty of working with the source code