[dba-Tech] Relational v NoSQL

Peter Brawley peter.brawley at earthlink.net
Thu Feb 7 20:50:23 CST 2013


On 2013-02-07 8:30 PM, Hans-Christian Andersen wrote:
> It's hasn't quite yet, but spread the word. These things take time. :)

MariaDB hasn't supplanted MySQL. To do that, Monty would have to 
persuade a few million hosting providers to install & support it.

If Oracle continues squeezing the open source MySQL edition, though, it 
may start to happen.

PB

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>
> - Hans
>
>
> On 2013-02-07, at 5:17 PM, "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>> Hi Stuart:
>>
>> I thought I recognized your voice. :-)
>>
>> I was not aware that MariaDB had supplanted MySQL but I am pleased to hear
>> it.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan
>> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 2:05 PM
>> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
>> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Relational v NoSQL
>>
>> You'repreaching to the choir here. :-)
>>
>> Are you aware of an WAMP/XAMP style packages with MariaDB in place of MySQL?
>>
>> -- 
>> Stuart
>>
>> On 7 Feb 2013 at 8:24, Jim Lawrence wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Stuart:
>>>
>>> The one thing that could stop any adoption of the new MySQL is Oracle.
>>>
>>> "...Since taking control of MySQL, Oracle has jacked up its support prices
>>> and switched to an "open core" model, in which the basic version of the
>>> database is available for free, but extensions aimed at enterprise
>> customers
>>> are proprietary, closed source, and cost a pretty penny..."
>>>
>>> If the product development, under Oracle, runs true to form few Startup
>>> development companies, if any will be following changes in MySQL as they
>>> will be moving towards more reliable products or even forks like MariaDB,
>>> for example.
>>>
>>> Many (Most) of the major players in the computer industry today, got their
>>> start with database products like MySQL. If MySQL was not OSS with a GPL
>>> type license we might have not had FaceBook or Amazon or EBay, today.
>>>
>>> If Oracle follows true to form it will not be long before MySQL will no
>>> longer be used in the leading edge development market and MySQL will
>> follow
>>> the route of other over priced products like DBase, FoxPro, Clipper,
>>> DataFlex, Paradox, etc, into history.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>>> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart
>> McLachlan
>>> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 3:37 AM
>>> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
>>> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Relational v NoSQL
>>>
>>> NoSQL? Memcache?
>>>
>>> You could try the new mySQL:
>>>
>>> "In addition, MySQL 5.6 allows NoSQL-style access to InnoDB data via the
>>> Memcached API.
>>> This means developers can use any of the many existing Memcached clients
>> and
>>> libraries to
>>> bypass the overhead of query parsing, and grab data as simple key-value
>>> pairs, resulting in
>>> as much as a 9x performance improvement for SET/INSERT operations."
>>>
>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/06/oracle_mysql_56_vs_mariadb/
>>>
>>>
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