Developers of Sympa

["Jim Rowan" <address@concealed>]

You had me agreeing with you until you made it MySQL-specific.  SQL <>
MySQL.  Maybe I misinterpreted you -- but I try to look in other
directions when I find a tool that is locked into MySQL.  We use
postgres whenever possible.

They've already made the "database is required" statement.  You're
really just talking about moving all the control and run-time
information into the database from files where they currently live.
("just" in that sentence includes a huge amount of work, I understand...
:)  From an architectural style point of view, I think it is a good fit.