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Re: MariaDB to go public at $672M valuation

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Post by eatonphil » Tue, Feb 01, 2022, 4:05 PM UTC

capableweb wrote: post #6

> MariaDB, Fast Growing, Popular Open Source Database Software Company No matter how I turn and adjust the parameters, MariaDB seems to be the least popular of the big databases on the market today ( https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=... ) and looking long-term (2004-preset), it seems like it's popularity is going down, not up ( https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=MariaDB ).…

It was my impression that many distros alias mariadb as mysql because it's the capital-f Free version so when you install the default distro mysql you are actually installing mariadb.

Edit: in fact I think that if you search "default" on this page these are all the distros that do this. https://mariadb.com/kb/en/distributions-which-include-mariad...

Re: MariaDB to go public at $672M valuation

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Post by tomxor » Tue, Feb 01, 2022, 4:06 PM UTC

yrgulation wrote: post #7

capableweb wrote: post #6

> MariaDB, Fast Growing, Popular Open Source Database Software Company No matter how I turn and adjust the parameters, MariaDB seems to be the least popular of the big databases on the market today ( https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=... ) and looking long-term (2004-preset), it seems like it's popularity is going down, not up ( https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=MariaDB ).…

I am an almost daily user of mariadb. However, when i google anything mariadb query wise i instead type mysql. As the two dialects are nearly identical but there is more documentation available for the mysql search keyword on google.

Same here. Only time I search for mariadb is when it's mariadb specific configuration.

Re: MariaDB to go public at $672M valuation

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Post by _sword » Tue, Feb 01, 2022, 4:06 PM UTC

bpodgursky wrote: post #5

I know SPACs get a lot of hate but I love seeing Wall Street listing firms get cut out of the IPO, losing their enormous "traditional" slice of the IPO pop. Good luck to MariaDB.

Ultimately Wall Street gets paid more for SPACs than IPOs. Both sponsors and their advisors get more fees and upside. There’s a reason so many SPAC’s happened during 2020 and 2021 and it wasn’t because companies thought SPAC’s were superior to IPO’s. Banks made more money.

Re: MariaDB to go public at $672M valuation

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Post by lbhdc » Tue, Feb 01, 2022, 4:07 PM UTC

capableweb wrote: post #6

> MariaDB, Fast Growing, Popular Open Source Database Software Company No matter how I turn and adjust the parameters, MariaDB seems to be the least popular of the big databases on the market today ( https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=... ) and looking long-term (2004-preset), it seems like it's popularity is going down, not up ( https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=MariaDB ).…

I am surprised how low postgres ranks in those trends. I guess I have been in an echo chamber for too long, because my perception was that it was much more pervasive.

Re: MariaDB to go public at $672M valuation

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Post by bpodgursky » Tue, Feb 01, 2022, 4:08 PM UTC

boulos wrote: post #10

bpodgursky wrote: post #5

I know SPACs get a lot of hate but I love seeing Wall Street listing firms get cut out of the IPO, losing their enormous "traditional" slice of the IPO pop. Good luck to MariaDB.

You're thinking of "direct listings" (and even then, Morgan Stanley has done several of them). SPACs are actually fairly inefficient and usually give large windfalls to the SPAC sponsors .

I'm far more OK giving a windfall to the SPAC sponsor who sought out and helped a promising company to merge with and list, than a WS gatekeeper who is paid simply for being in-between a startup and an IPO.

Re: MariaDB to go public at $672M valuation

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Post by c0brac0bra » Tue, Feb 01, 2022, 4:08 PM UTC

ab_testing wrote: post #9

fullstop wrote: post #4

The creator of MySQL named it after his daughter, "My". After it was forked, the fork was named after his other daughter, "Maria". He has three children, so we've got one more go at this with a MaxDB if needed. edit: I was wrong -- He already used MaxDB previously. We're out of names.

He just needs to have another kid.

I'm pulling for "RickyDB"

Re: MariaDB to go public at $672M valuation

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Post by mrweasel » Tue, Feb 01, 2022, 4:09 PM UTC

fullstop wrote: post #4

The creator of MySQL named it after his daughter, "My". After it was forked, the fork was named after his other daughter, "Maria". He has three children, so we've got one more go at this with a MaxDB if needed. edit: I was wrong -- He already used MaxDB previously. We're out of names.

That had to be a difficult talk at the dinner table: Sorry My, but you have to go live with uncle Larry now.

Re: MariaDB to go public at $672M valuation

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Post by vidar » Tue, Feb 01, 2022, 4:10 PM UTC

lbhdc wrote: post #14

capableweb wrote: post #6

> MariaDB, Fast Growing, Popular Open Source Database Software Company No matter how I turn and adjust the parameters, MariaDB seems to be the least popular of the big databases on the market today ( https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=... ) and looking long-term (2004-preset), it seems like it's popularity is going down, not up ( https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=MariaDB ).…

I am surprised how low postgres ranks in those trends. I guess I have been in an echo chamber for too long, because my perception was that it was much more pervasive.

Wordpress and PHP in general are very MySQL heavy I think. That is a lot of volume.

Re: MariaDB to go public at $672M valuation

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Post by b112 » Tue, Feb 01, 2022, 4:12 PM UTC

capableweb wrote: post #6

> MariaDB, Fast Growing, Popular Open Source Database Software Company No matter how I turn and adjust the parameters, MariaDB seems to be the least popular of the big databases on the market today ( https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=... ) and looking long-term (2004-preset), it seems like it's popularity is going down, not up ( https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=MariaDB ).…

mariadb is the default on every Linux distro, except for Oracle's clone of redhat.

MySQL, for example, isn't in debian any more. And hasn't been for years.

All thanks to oracle, of course.

As well, most people search for mysql, when looking for mariadb issues.

Mariadb is far, far more popular than mysql these days.

Re: MariaDB to go public at $672M valuation

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Post by scandox » Tue, Feb 01, 2022, 4:12 PM UTC

It might just be me but recently I have found myself a bit uncertain or nervous about the true compatibility of MySQL and MariaDB. I also find I sometimes don't know which I'm connecting to between all the different systems I'm running...which I used to be quite relaxed about, but now makes me a tad jittery.