Hans-Christian Andersen
ha at phulse.com
Mon Sep 19 10:38:54 CDT 2011
John, Good question. I don't know, to be honest, but I get the sense that most of the momentum these days are in nosql databases. Hans-Christian On 19 September 2011 07:28, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote: > So what is the real deal with MySQL community version? Is it still > maintained and advanced by the open source development community? Is it a > dead end? Is MariaDB the replacement going forward? > > > John W. Colby > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > On 9/19/2011 5:31 AM, Hans-Christian Andersen wrote: > >> Arthur, >> >> Have a look at MariaDB. It's basically a version of MySQL which is >> maintained and developed by Monty& co and, quite frankly, is better in >> many >> ways, as they have the freedom to advance the database in ways that the >> MySQL devs at Oracle are just not able to. >> >> >> Hans-Christian >> >> >> >> >> >> On 17 September 2011 18:52, Arthur Fuller<fuller.artful at gmail.com**> >> wrote: >> >> There are some nice things about MySQL but on the other hand I definitely >>> do >>> not like where Oracle is going with this puppy since its acquisition of >>> Sun >>> and by inheritance MySQL. I'm still on the fence about these >>> developments, >>> but quite frankly I am leaning against Oracle on all these transmutations >>> of >>> what was originally a simple, straightforward approach. At last >>> recollection, Monty has departed, and with him, I fear, has the guiding >>> vision of this product. >>> >>> Frankly, I am all over the place on where next to go: I look at Mongo and >>> see it exquisite for web-apps but not for OLTP situations. I look at >>> PostGreSQL and think it's got a bunch of things right. I look at Oracle >>> and >>> MS-SQL and think they have some things right as well. I frankly do not >>> have >>> any clue into which basket to toss my next eggs. >>> >>> Arthur >>> >> ______________________________**_________________ > dba-SQLServer mailing list > dba-SQLServer@**databaseadvisors.com <dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com> > http://databaseadvisors.com/**mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver<http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver> > http://www.databaseadvisors.**com <http://www.databaseadvisors.com> > >