[dba-Tech] google going all in with mariaDB

Yeah, I think this could well be a game-changer. Particularly considering
that for most users of MySQL is a drop-in replacement, and then some
additional features tossed in.

Arthur


On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Peter Brawley
<peter.brawley at earthlink.net>wrote:

> http://www.theregister.co.uk/**2013/09/12/google_mariadb_**
> mysql_migration/<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/12/google_mariadb_mysql_migration/>
>
> This could be a game-changer. Google evidently has decided that the open
> source integrity of Monty's project outweighs Oracle's closed source
> development resources and the fact that MariaDB 10.0 is still alpha!
>
> Google senior systems engineer Jeremy Cole's quote "I'd really love to see
> a single MySQL community, I think that's more or less impossible under
> Oracle, I don't know if that's possible under MariaDB" makes me wonder if
> Google might try to buy MySQL from Oracle, and if Oracle won't sell, go
> into direct competition by publishing their SkySQL/MariaDB version for
> widespread use.
>
> PB
>
>
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Arthur