Wikipedia Adopts MariaDB
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Wikipedia Adopts MariaDB
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#2This article has many facts wrong.
It seems that MySQL development halted entirely at Sun.
I was concerned about Oracle's motives w.r.t MySQL but I can say they have come out with major new releases that improve MySQL in substantial ways. For instance, they've greatly improved the scalability of InnoDB on large SMP machines.
On the other hand, neither Sun nor Oracle have been really wanting to win with MySQL either and I think we could have seen more and different innovation in MySQL if it had been in other hands.
The Wikipedia win is big for MariaDB because it's a show of confidence that it works in demanding applications.
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#3Ever since Oracle has taken hold of MySQL (I was at Oracle at the time, and saw their goals firsthand), they have been trying to extract as much money as possible from anyone using the database in a commercial way. Just the mention of MySQL strikes fear in the heart of any executive who has had any interaction with the mob that is the Oracle money extraction machine.
The sooner we all can move on and keep from using MySQL, the better, and good riddance to it and the red horse it unfortunately rides in on.
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#4So bets on how long it will be until MariaDB is scooped by Oracle?
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#5Is there a reason to choose MariaDB over Percona or vice-versa? They're both drop-in replacements for MySQL and both replace InnoDB with XtraDB (which Percona makes).
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#6This article has many facts wrong. It seems that MySQL development halted entirely at Sun. I was concerned about Oracle's motives w.r.t MySQL but I can say they have come out with major new releases that improve MySQL in substantial ways. For instance, they've greatly improved the scalability of InnoDB on large SMP machines. On the other hand, neither Sun nor Oracle have been really wanting to win with MySQL either a…
Was there ever a doubt that MariaDB wouldn't work in demanding applications? It's pretty much MySQL all the way down.
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#7Official announcement: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/04/22/wikipedia-adopts-maria...
MariaDB looks likely to inherit a big slice, possibly even a majority, of MySQL's user base over time.
It's not just because MariaDB is as good as any of the "official" editions of MySQL offered by Oracle, but because it has only a single code base under a single Free license (as opposed to differently licensed "open source" and "enterprise" editions), because it has an active not-for-profit foundation looking out for the project and the community[1], and because many of the original contributors to MySQL, including founder Monty Widenius, are now working full-time on MariaDB.[2]
Say hello to the new MySQL -- MariaDB -- same as the old MySQL!
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[1] https://mariadb.org/en/foundation/
[2] http://www.skysql.com/news-and-events/press-releases/skysql-...
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#8So bets on how long it will be until MariaDB is scooped by Oracle?
MariaDB basically exists because of Monty's hatred for Oracle (which bought Sun after Sun bought MySQL for wheelbarrows full of money from Monty). It won't happen.
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#9So bets on how long it will be until MariaDB is scooped by Oracle?
MariaDB basically exists because of Monty's hatred for Oracle (which bought Sun after Sun bought MySQL for wheelbarrows full of money from Monty). It won't happen.
If it was me, I'd keep cranking out superior databases, selling them for a billion, and starting on the next one as fast as they'd buy em :)
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#10So bets on how long it will be until MariaDB is scooped by Oracle?
It would be an interesting move from Oracle to even try. Nothing would say corporate desperation as much as trying to buy the project that sprung out when you first bought the project.
That said, I wouldn't put it beneath them...