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Wikipedia Moved To MariaDB 5.5

Posted by timothy on from the sharks-and-jets-typing-furiously dept.

Peetke writes "As we all know Oracle is not the biggest friend to the Open Source Community. Long standing OSS supporter Wikipedia has now moved from an optimized fork of MySQL 5.1 to MariaDB 5.5, for both its English and German sites. Wikipedia expects all other languages to follow within a month. Performance-wise, this move has no big implications, but it will ensure our biggest community database will live long and prosper."

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  1. Information by neokushan · · Score: 5, Funny

    For more information, Wikipedia has a statement regarding MariaDB: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MariaDB

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    +1 IDisagreeSoHeMustBeATrollOrAnAstroturferOrAShill
    1. Re:Information by theVarangian · · Score: 5, Funny

      AIX? Here's a nickle son, go get yourself a real operating system!

      Young man, I'll have you know that I was using UNIX long before Linux was a 115 kB compressed tarball on the funet.fi FTP server.

    2. Re:Information by theVarangian · · Score: 3, Funny

      AIX? Here's a nickle son, go get yourself a real operating system!

      Young man, I'll have you know that I was using UNIX long before Linux was a 115 kB compressed tarball on the funet.fi FTP server.

      If you're that old, a nickle should seem like a lot of money!

      **Sigh** I'd explain the concept of inflation to you but I don't have the time. I'm busy loading shotgun shells with rock salt so I'll be prepared for the next time Larry Ellison makes the mistake of stepping onto my lawn.

  2. Re:slash next? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not until MariaDB is completely broken. Right now, it's much too stable for Slashdot.

  3. Re:I Don't Like The Name by hoggoth · · Score: 5, Funny

    The first daughter's name is MySQL? I should introduce her to my nephew, little Tommy ;'Drop Tables.

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  4. Re:slash next? by rvw · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is slashdot next?!?!?!

    Slashdot needs MariaMagdalenaDB for all those wankers here!