原文：http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/generate-article.php?id=2008_27

Kickfire Brings Powerful Purpose-Built Analytic Appliance to the MySQL World

Santa Clara, CA – October 14, 2008 – Kickfire™, Inc. today
announced that it has entered into a global multi-year MySQL
Enterprise™ data warehouse agreement with Sun Microsystems. Under the
terms, Kickfire's Series 2000 and 3000 analytic appliances will include
a MySQL Enterprise subscription, providing customers with a fully
integrated, plug-and-play solution. Kickfire will provide customers a
single point of contact for both hardware and MySQL™ technical support,
ensuring a seamless end-user experience.

Leading Online Advertising Firms Select MySQL to Help Power their Business

Gorilla Nation Media and Other Leading Vendors Rely on Sun's Open, Scalable Database

Note: An audio interview podcast with Alex Godelman, VP of Technology for Gorilla Nation Media is available here.

原文出自： http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2008/07/31/percona-rpms-for-redhat-5-centos-5-x86_64/

经过测试，和官方的发行版相当，性能略有下降。但是新增了microsecond slow query log和innodb index statistic对很多人来说都很有帮助，还是值得的。有兴趣的朋友可以试试看。

SANTA CLARA, CA -- July 28, 2008 -- Sun Microsystems, Inc.today announced that the largest professional networking site, LinkedInhas selected Sun's MySQL Enterprise database subscription to supportthe company's rapid growth. With a network of more than 25 millionprofessionals in more than 170 industries from around the globe andmany more joining daily, LinkedIn turned to Sun when it recognized theneed to increase the speed and performance of the open source databasethat powers its public Web site.