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Has MySQL Forked Beyond Repair?
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.'"
It's Bill's SQL which is based back in the way-back on Sybase 10 and is one of the few apps Microsoft hasn't totally trashed since acquisition. The management tools are painful, but no moreso than say Oracle. (Oracle does a lot more, but the pain, oh the pain.)
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
if i'm a fan boi because i prefer the better database, then guilty as charged sir...
If you mod me down, I will become more powerful than you can imagine....