This staggered growth also allowed the company to expand within its financial means. In true Web 2.0 fashion, Thefacebook was run frugally, using free open-source software like MySQL for the database and Apache for the web servers. Even by the time users were in the tens of thousands and Thefacebook was live on dozens of campuses, it was only costing $450 a month to run the site off of five Manage.com servers.
