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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.
``` $ yum install mariadb-server
Loaded plugins: langpacks, ulninfo
Package mariadb-server is obsoleted by mysql-community-server, trying to install mysql-community-server-8.0.26-1.el7.x86_64 instead
Resolving Dependencies ```
There is a work-around but the way they picked up the word is kinda shocking...
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?
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I thought Oracle bought it. I think I had to make an account to download something. And I think it was Oracle that bought the MySql user group (I attended a couple meetings) pizza. I was the interface between Oracle Sales and management at a start up a long time ago. It was weird. They offer technical help to use their API, (so its harder to switch away, I was told by my boss). We were on using on a trial basis. They…
Sun bought mysql, oracle bought Sun. https://www.e-channelnews.com/sun-microsystems-to-acquire-my... https://www.oracle.com/corporate/pressrelease/oracle-buys-su... But it was close 2008 and 2009 I believe.
And the cycle continues. Who is going to fork MariaDB now?
How many database companies are out there that made it big? How many are based on FOSS? It seems like the lesson of “you can’t make money in a FOSS database (or file system)” keeps being learned and relearned the hard way.
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.
Wow. I've spent a lifetime vaguely hating MySQL because I'm bothered by computer software that projects first-person pronouns onto users (Microsoft Windows "My Computer" — um, no, Windows, you're not me, if you're addressing me, it's "Your Computer"). I'm going to be spending a long while contemplating this. My. That's so sweet.
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The Internet is usually not presented to you in real-time in 3rd normalized form. There are times when you can control the data sources, but many times you will be presented with data in real time, and you cannot spend the time to normalize everything. A lot depends on the data you have, and the data you anticipate. If you have well-controlled data sources, sure, 3rd normalized form and tables with JOINs. But sometim…
To be fair, most data is relational.
Other structured data could be simple key-value stores, tabular row-and-column stores (single table, no joins), and even graph data models. Like, an Excel spreadsheet is "structured." But it's not a SQL RDBMS.
All of which are basically "NoSQL" though you can shove it in an RDBMS if you want. Just as you can slurp an Excel spreadsheet into a RDBMS. Still doesn't make Excel "relational" per se.
Can you cite a source that shows the opposite to be true?
Source: 80% of global data will be unstructured by 2025 [citing IDC] https://www.analyticsinsight.net/the-future-of-data-revoluti...
I don't have $4,500 to throw at IDC right now, but their latest in 2021 shows that "structured" data, while still smaller than unstructured data in absolute volumes, is now growing faster than the unstructured data. Basically by tagging it with metadata. (I guess that gives a video "structure?") But this metadata management can be done by use of NoSQL, as is popular within IIoT spaces, or by streaming OOT video providers, not just by throwing all data into an ACID-compliant, locking and blocking transactional RDBMS.
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.