lots of things happening in the MySQL world:<p>- a couple of weeks ago we released a document store (new protocol + connectors) based on protobufs<p>- last year 5.7 was released. Many new features, I have a list here: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.thecompletelistoffeatures.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.thecompletelistoffeatures.com</a>