<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/75578ff9-79d4-495e-8e98-6cecc30bce9d/1244CF2D-9157-4A53-8C29-B0FF8495290E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/26/mysql-ipo-chatter-picking-up-again/" href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/26/mysql-ipo-chatter-picking-up-again/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.techcrunch.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/26/mysql-ipo-chatter-picking-up-again/"><P><A title="mysql.png" href="http://www.techcrunch.com/wp-content/mysql.png"><IMG alt="mysql.png" src="http://www.techcrunch.com/wp-content/mysql.png" class="shot2" /></A>One of the most-anticipated tech IPOs of the year has been that of open-source database company MySQL. It seemed like they were ready to go public back in the <A href="http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/4498">beginning of the year<IMG src="http://i.ixnp.com/images/v2.27.1/t.gif" class="snap_preview_icon" id="snap_com_shot_link_icon" /></A>. Now I am hearing chatter from hedge fund circles that the filing may be imminent. Last I checked, nothing has been filed with the SEC yet. Investors, <A href="http://www.mysql.com/company/investors.html">including<IMG src="http://i.ixnp.com/images/v2.27.1/t.gif" class="snap_preview_icon" id="snap_com_shot_link_icon" /></A> Benchmark, Index, IVP, Intel, and SAP, have put in more than $39 million to date.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/26/mysql-ipo-chatter-picking-up-again/"><P>MySQL claims a <A href="http://www.mysql.com/why-mysql/marketshare/">25 percent share<IMG src="http://i.ixnp.com/images/v2.27.1/t.gif" class="snap_preview_icon" id="snap_com_shot_link_icon" /></A> of the database market. It is unclear how compelling its economics are, but if its IPO does well (assuming it ever happens), that would open the door eventually for other open-source startups such as <A href="http://www.openads.org/">Openads<IMG src="http://i.ixnp.com/images/v2.27.1/t.gif" class="snap_preview_icon" id="snap_com_shot_link_icon" /></A> (<A href="http://automattic.com/">open-source ad server<IMG src="http://i.ixnp.com/images/v2.27.1/t.gif" class="snap_preview_icon" id="snap_com_shot_link_icon" /></A>) and <A>Automattic</A> (which has built a business on top of the open-source blogging platform, Wordpress), among others.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/1244CF2D-9157-4A53-8C29-B0FF8495290E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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