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So bets on how long it will be until MariaDB is scooped by Oracle?
Not that the takeover is feasible, as the other answers point out.
So 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.
Is MariaDB still substantially slower than MySQL? http://dimitrik.free.fr/blog/archives/2013/02/mysql-performa...
The big battle MariaDB (or any DB) is going to have is gaining ground in the shared web host space. That makes up a pretty large portion of websites, and there is no incentive for those providers to change. I'd love to see other DB options in that space, its all PHP/MySQL.
That'll probably happen - mainly because the distributions will probably switch over to MariaDB. I'd expect Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS etc to all ship MariaDB as an upgrade at some point.
Is MariaDB still substantially slower than MySQL? http://dimitrik.free.fr/blog/archives/2013/02/mysql-performa...
The official blog post makes it sound like overall it was a performance gain with a few edge cases coming out 5% slower.
So bets on how long it will be until MariaDB is scooped by Oracle?
I had the benefit of seeing Monty talk at All Your Base conference in Oxford last year, and let me tell you, he made it quite clear that a huge driving force behind MariaDB is to take on Oracle, because he absolutely hates them for what they've done with MySQL. Remember, the original sale of MySQL wasn't to Oracle, it was to Sun, which was then acquired by Oracle. After hearing what he had to say, I have nothing but…
Sure there are other fulltext solutions but to simply convert myisam to innodb, FTS on innodb with the same queries is rather helpful.
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"No one ever got fired for buying IBM." As a corollary, no one wants to be the guy that suggested MongoDB before it caused an outage.
I think that only makes sense if you don't know what MariaDB is. It's a fork that attempts to maintain high compatibility, run by the founder of MySQL. What it isn't is a different program entirely, with a different protocol, syntax, scalability, consistency and community.
Here's how it works in most companies: MySQL goes down = something seriously bad happened. MariaDB went down = that database that Ted suggested sure is a piece of shit.
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I think that only makes sense if you don't know what MariaDB is. It's a fork that attempts to maintain high compatibility, run by the founder of MySQL. What it isn't is a different program entirely, with a different protocol, syntax, scalability, consistency and community.
You missed the point. The idea is management and investor confidence, buy-in. Here's how it works in most companies: MySQL goes down = something seriously bad happened. MariaDB went down = that database that Ted suggested sure is a piece of shit.
In the end it comes down to having data to support your position though. If MariaDB goes down, and you can't answer whether it would have happened the same in MySQL, then maybe you shouldn't be making database suggestions. If it wouldn't have happened to MySQL, well then people were right to be wary, weren't they?
This 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.
May be the lots and lots of SPs are too much for MariaDB, but no, it is not a 100% replacement drop in.
I have tried.