I like SQL Server as a database. I think it's very complete, solves most of my problems, and is easy to use in work. It costs money, but less than some others. It's also more complete to me than some of the open source databases out there. That being said, I think most of the top five or six relational platforms would work for me and I wouldn't hesitate to use them.

I ran across a post from Steinar Gunderson, who worked at Oracle on the MySQL team. It's on his last day there, and it's a bit of a why did he leave. I like that he notes he found a better opportunity, but he digs in deeper. Why did he look for a new opportunity?

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