Newbe questions on MySQL

Just starting to look at a new development environment. Need to re-write
some Accell 4GL application that currently use Unify database as the
backend.


I need a good database that I can:
a) easily be copied from one machine to another and re-created from
scripts with ease

b) has a command line SQL that can be scripted and embedded in KSH
scripts

c) has a robust report writer that can produce high quality reports.

Being an old Unix techie I would like it to run on a variety of Unixs
and Linux.


Does MySQL fit the bill?


I'll also need to choose a development product that allows good
integration with M/S Office.

Is M/S Visual Studio and its components a viable product with MySQL on
Linux as the backend?


Thanks.


BR
Don C