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Fedora 19 Nixing MySQL in Favor of MariaDB
An anonymous reader writes "Red Hat developers are planning to replace MySQL with MariaDB in Fedora 19. For the next Fedora update, the MariaDB fork would replace MySQL and the official MySQL package would be discontinued after some time. The reasoning for this move is the uncertainty about Oracle's support of MySQL as an open-source project and moves to make the database more closed." Update: 01/22 13:47 GMT by T : Note: "Nixing" may be a bit strong; this move has been proposed, but is not yet officially decided.
Yes, but by all means, don't share your rationale. Let us guess:
a) You did this so you can impress your friends at the wine & cheese bar?
b) "Percona" sounds manlier
c) "MariaDB" is too mainstream and not indie enough
d) the mean-time-to-recovery in an active-passive node is 17% faster in Percona over MariaDB
e) It was the product you guys picked from a hat
f) You really hate your job and convinced the others to support this
So the developers of MariaDB took all their experience and knowledge that they obtained at Oracle while working on MySQL and created a direct competitor product to their prior company's product? I don't care why they did it, it's underhanded and doesn't speak well to the character of those people.
That "litigousness" you reference should have given them pause before doing this. Oracle just may find enough crossover coding and algorithms to go after those guys. Wouldn't matter if they're innocent or not, just the court costs involved could wipe them out.