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Drizzle Hits General Availability

Posted by timothy on from the general-availability-turns-up-face-in-wonder dept.

snydeq writes "MySQL fork Drizzle has been released for general availability, giving companies a viable alternative to Oracle-owned MySQL, InfoWorld reports. 'Organizations that have been seeking a less-expensive alternative to Oracle's brand of MySQL — or a variant devoid of feature bloat — now have an option that Drizzle's creators deem ready to package in Linux distributions.'"

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  1. Like the name. by wcrowe · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm just glad they didn't give it some dumb, stilted name like "LibreSQL".

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  2. Re:API License? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Hi Bill,
    The main code is GPLv2, the libdrizzle client library is BSD and the docs are CC BY SA 3.0

  3. Re:MySQL went wrong direction long time ago by masshuu · · Score: 4, Insightful

    As someone who has dealt with both, I can say the reason postgresql isn't as popular is because its more involved in its setup. Mysql is simpler for new people. You install it, download phpmyadmin, login as root and then start creating databases and stuff. postgresql isn't as simple. Creating a new database is a bit more involved and when i first was confronted with it, I wondered why it was so complex.

    I don't even know how to take advantage of more complex stuff in postgresql either.

    This is coming from someone who is mildly experinced with mysql and set up a postgresql server not knowing anything.

    Its like taking a Ubuntu person and sticking them on slackware/gentoo or something. Although its similar its still radically different.

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