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Is MySQL becoming less open source? Test cases go internal now

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Re: Is MySQL becoming less open source? Test cases go internal now

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Post by koko775 »

So basically, the Java strategy. Killing the alternatives through creating compatibility uncertainty. Oh, man. This doesn't bode well.

I hope this drives developers towards using and improving Postgres, but, well, who knows. One can dream!

More likely is that it may drive people towards Percona, which I have on good word is a solid professional MySQL branch...or, like Java, people will just stick with the brand. :/

EDIT: adding links for the curious.

Percona: http://www.percona.com/

Background on the Java stuff: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/12/apache... (the difference is that MySQL never did have open governance, so there was nobody to quit in a justified huff)

Re: Is MySQL becoming less open source? Test cases go internal now

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Post by LyndsySimon »

MySQL is as popular as it is because it has been free (as in beer), and relatively easy to set up and use.

The time for that has come and gone. MySQL's shortcomings limit its use in many corporate and professional settings, and the alternatives are now much easier to use.

If I were looking to become a DBA today, I would study PostgreSQL. Likewise, if I were developing a new web application, MySQL wouldn't even make my list.

Re: Is MySQL becoming less open source? Test cases go internal now

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Post by malsme »

koko775 wrote: post #2

So basically, the Java strategy. Killing the alternatives through creating compatibility uncertainty. Oh, man. This doesn't bode well. I hope this drives developers towards using and improving Postgres, but, well, who knows. One can dream! More likely is that it may drive people towards Percona, which I have on good word is a solid professional MySQL branch...or, like Java, people will just stick with the brand. :/ E…

For the majority of developers, it's whatever database server that control panels like cPanel and Plesk choose, and they aren't the sort to switch on a whim.

Re: Is MySQL becoming less open source? Test cases go internal now

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Post by abenga »

debacle wrote: post #7

I haven't yet used one of the recent MySQL forks, but I have a feeling the next time I'm using an OSS solution that requires a MySQL variant, I wont be using MySQL.

I was recently looking at the alternatives available, and thought that Drizzle [http://www.drizzle.org/] looks really great.
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