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Re: MariaDB to go public at $672M valuation

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Post by rlpb »

b112 wrote: post #19
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.

In Ubuntu, both MySQL and MariaDB are available. MySQL is in the main component, unlike MariaDB which is in universe. Reverse dependencies in the Ubuntu archive are built against MySQL, not MariaDB.

Re: MariaDB to go public at $672M valuation

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Post by cyberpunk »

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.

I've not seen any company which using a RDBMS, that isn't on PG for the last 5 years, and I'm freelance and bounce around a lot..

Other kinds of DBs it's all over the shop, but yeah, PG seems very dominant here...

Re: MariaDB to go public at $672M valuation

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Post by evanelias »

b112 wrote: post #22
vidar wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Yet mariadb is what is installed most often for mysql usage requirements.

These days, most smaller users go with a managed DBaaS such as AWS RDS, and on RDS MySQL gets massively more usage than MariaDB.

I build schema management software for MySQL and MariaDB, https://www.skeema.io, used by several hundred companies. Among my userbase, MariaDB is a tiny minority, to such an extent that I wonder if it's worthwhile to continue keeping up with their new quarterly release schedule.

Re: MariaDB to go public at $672M valuation

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Post by JJMcJ »

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.

Don't forget cousin Postgres.

Re: MariaDB to go public at $672M valuation

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Post by [deleted] »

evanelias wrote: post #26
scandox wrote: post #20

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.

They're not drop-in replacements for each other, haven't been for years. Each has some unique features that the other lacks.

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Re: MariaDB to go public at $672M valuation

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Post by bool3max »

johncena33 wrote: post #27
yrgulation wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

You should use bing or duckduckgo. I've been hearing lately on HN that they are many orders better than Google.

I have found the opposite to be the case.

Re: MariaDB to go public at $672M valuation

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Post by ComradePhil »

mikece wrote: post #24

A public company will have a board of directors who set the direction of the company; as such what is to stop the board from directing that the license be changed?

I am sure they'll change their license, like some others have done:

https://www.confluent.io/blog/license-changes-confluent-plat... https://blog.timescale.com/blog/building-open-source-busines...

I don't think there is any place for GPL in databases and similar software, specially if it is to be built and run by for-profit companies.

Re: MariaDB to go public at $672M valuation

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Post by tomtheelder »

rr808 wrote: post #37

Is MariaDB code base a fork of MySQL, seems a good business to sell something twice. I would have expected him to have a non-compete after selling it the first time. Anyone know how he pulled this off?

MariaDB is 12 years old. Any sort of non-compete probably expired.

Re: MariaDB to go public at $672M valuation

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Post by tpmx »

cyberpunk wrote: post #29
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.

Lucky Monty, he got to sell it twice!

Sun paid $1B the first time (in 2008).
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