[dba-Tech] google going all in with mariaDB

Hi Peter:

No PostgresDB is not a direct replacement for MySQL...it is a step up or maybe it should considered the heir-apparent to many of the bigger SQL databases of the day.

I guess I jumping the gun a bit but Fedora, (Redhat), OpenSuse and Ubuntu (Debian) which at last observation make up by far, most distros available, either recommend against the use of MySQL or have MariaDB built into their enterprise product. I would also expect this trend to continue.

I did go back through the documentation of installing LAMP and realized that there was only a subsection/link to how to replace MySQL with MariaDB. My bad, I guess migration is not complete yet. The quote in the wiki said: "MySQL and now, MariaDB is a component of the LAMP web application software stack" but I have personally not installed LAMP or similar derivatives for a while so can not confirm this statement. 

Jim   

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Brawley" <peter.brawley at earthlink.net>
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Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] google going all in with mariaDB

On 2013-09-14 11:35 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote:
> Hi Peter:
>
> A further note; I believe all of the Linux distros have stopped using MySQL as their default relational database and have switched to either MariaDB or PostgresDB.

Some use MySql, some MariaDB. PostGres isn't interchangeable with MySQL; 
LAMP with PostGres replacing MySQL isn't LAMP.

MAMP and XAMPP use MySQL.

MariaDB isn't a serious replacement candidate across the board till 10.0 
is production-ready and MariaDB provides full documentation plus support 
fora.

PB

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> This means that if you download bundles like LAMP/AMP and so on, they will no longer enclose MySQL.
>
> It is good to hear that this move is underfoot as well. In 2006, before Oracle purchases the rights to MySQL it held a larger market the Oracle; actually a larger market share than any other database.
>
> http://www.creativesystemdesigns.com/img/special/MarketShare.gif
>
> Jim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Brawley" <peter.brawley at earthlink.net>
> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2013 1:50:32 PM
> Subject: [dba-Tech] google going all in with mariaDB
>
> 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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