[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-----
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> [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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