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Has MySQL Forked Beyond Repair?

Posted by timothy on from the seems-like-a-hard-case-to-make dept.

snydeq writes "Fatal Exception's Neil McAllister questions the effect recent developments in the MySQL community will have on MySQL's future in the wake of Oracle's acquisition of Sun. Even before Oracle announced its buyout, there were signs of strain within the MySQL community, with key MySQL employees exiting and forks of the MySQL codebase arising, including Widenius' MariaDB. Now Widenius' Oracle-less Open Database Alliance adds further doubt as to which branch of MySQL will be considered 'official' going forward. 'Forks are a fact of life in the open source community, and arguably an entirely healthy one,' McAllister writes. 'Oracle just better hope it doesn't end up on the wrong side of the fork.' To do so, he suggests Oracle will have to regain the the trust and support of the MySQL community — in other words, 'stop acting like Oracle.'"

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  1. Cue postgres fan bois by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    In 3, 2, 1

    1. Re:Cue postgres fan bois by Moblaster · · Score: 5, Funny

      It is more accurate to characterize the recent burst of minor MySQL variations as a sporking of the code base.

    2. Re:Cue postgres fan bois by iluvcapra · · Score: 5, Funny

      When you develop for something, you want to develop for a stable feature set.

      Or in the case of MySQL, a featureset at all. I keed! I keed!

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    3. Re:Cue postgres fan bois by Locke2005 · · Score: 4, Funny

      One thing I can say for SQL Server: it sure beats the hell out of Access!

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    4. Re:Cue postgres fan bois by itlurksbeneath · · Score: 3, Funny

      Considering that they just licensed the technology from Sybase, isn't that "We couldn't write it ourselves (look how Access turned out) so we bought it"SQL?

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  2. Fork it by sakdoctor · · Score: 5, Funny

    If I could only think up a cliched pun using the term forked, I would be sure to get the converted +5 funny mod.

    If only.

  3. What the fork? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just tell me which one to use for the salad, so my ignorance doesn't trip me up like it did with that bidet that one time.

  4. Re:Oracle needs to cater to business not the commu by dabooda · · Score: 3, Funny

    haha that sounded like the 'things I care more about than you' rant by Dr Cox in Scrubs! ... oh wait, I'm the only one that watches that show

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