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MySQL's Creator On Why the Future Belongs To MariaDB

Posted by samzenpus on from the new-big-thing dept.

angry tapir writes "When Oracle purchased Sun, many in the open source community were bleak about the future of MySQL. According to MySQL co-creator Michael "Monty" Widenius, these fears have been proven by Oracle's attitude to MySQL and its community. In the wake of the Sun takeover, Monty forked MySQL to create MariaDB, which has picked up momentum (being included by default in Fedora, Open SUSE and, most recently, Slackware). I recently interviewed Monty about what he learned from the MySQL experience and the current state of MariaDB."

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  1. Why "Maria" DB? by roman_mir · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why is it named "Maria" DB? She only provided access to herself for money (well, Mary, same thing). Why not "Jesus" DB, at least he saved?

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