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Replication came later - but the fact that you could do

  sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client
  sudo -i mysql

and be logged in as admin into mysql database was indeed a huge reason for defaulting to it.

EDIT: Of course, at that time, there was no Ubuntu teaching everyone to sudo all the time, so drop all instances of sudo and add a su - at start ;)

>>p_l+(OP)
MySQL has had replication since May 2000.

>>tomnip+H6
Replication being easier as driver for developers defaulting to MySQL

>>p_l+(OP)
Mysql also came with pretty much any webhost.

>>p_l+(OP)
> Of course, at that time, there was no Ubuntu teaching everyone to sudo all the time

Maybe that's why I am used to logging in as root rather than a user. I started in 1999 and have been surprised how few users now do

>>porker+yB
Most prod configs I've seen now days disable SSH-ing in as root and password auth so it just becomes:

$ ssh user@server <rsa key> $ sudo -i <user pass> #

>>maskli+ry
That's exactly my point. A lot of people started with dynamic websites by using cheap webhosting that you FTP'ed your PHP files to, and used PhpMyAdmin to manage your smallish database, and 2000-2009 they still formed a strong portion of market for starting out (I chose 2009 because that's when EC2 becomes more accessible for this due to RDS)