To those people saying switch to MySQL, they miss the point - MySQL and Maria are basically interchangeable, Maria was made to replace MySQL like for like when oracle took over. It was made by the same guy (et al) and he he named both after his daughters.
When Maria is taken over the same thing will happen. I for one hope that it is named for Widenius’ other child, max.
MySQL (/ˌmaɪˌɛsˌkjuːˈɛl/)[5] is an open-source relational database management system (RDBMS).[5][6] Its name is a combination of “My”, the name of co-founder Michael Widenius’s daughter My,[7] and “SQL”.
It really doesn’t matter much anymore. MariaDB doesn’t have the significance it once had. Worst case scenario if it were to disappear people would switch to Postgres and that’s that.
If they were gonna use MySQL I have to imagine they would have used it already. If they’re using MariaDB they’re probably using features that aren’t in MySQL – either that or they want to avoid Oracle. Also, migrating Maria databases and codebase to MySQL is not as straightforward as you might think.
Anyway… MariaDB is not dead yet, no need to speculate that far ahead.
Huh? Postgresql is not mysql compatible. Mariadb is very popular in a ton of businesses around the world as a not stupidly expensive sql database with great support.
Neither is MariaDB, necessarily… if you think you can simply convert MariaDB databases to MySQL and pick up right where you left off you may be surprised. Depends on a variety of factors including which version you use, what features, the code you’ve built around it etc.
I would not be surprised. I’ve done it many times including complicated setups with different databases as replica slaves.
I’m now seeing a lot of new projects that don’t care much about DB backend since the library they use to wrap sql calls obscures all that stuff anyway, but I promise you mysql to Maria is a much more common and straightforward transition than to postgresql.
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Glad I switch to Postgres years ago.
Meh, time for another fork.
To those people saying switch to MySQL, they miss the point - MySQL and Maria are basically interchangeable, Maria was made to replace MySQL like for like when oracle took over. It was made by the same guy (et al) and he he named both after his daughters.
When Maria is taken over the same thing will happen. I for one hope that it is named for Widenius’ other child, max.
The king is dead, long live the king! (MaxDB)
He’s got a kid called MySQL?
Don’t be silly, his kid was named SQL.
Came here to say this lol
MySQL (/ˌmaɪˌɛsˌkjuːˈɛl/)[5] is an open-source relational database management system (RDBMS).[5][6] Its name is a combination of “My”, the name of co-founder Michael Widenius’s daughter My,[7] and “SQL”.
My Widenius-SQL 😂
She’s like the real life Bobby Tables.
If you plan to go public through a SPAC, you should take a step back.
I don’t know why any investor would buy Spacs where contacted can even go through the usual due diligence process.
What is a SPAC?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special-purpose_acquisition_company
I didnt know there was a mariadb company and that they were public. Does this have implications for mariadb as a product?
i drive by that building all the time… i thought it was just a front cuz there’s never any cars in the parking lot
Very interesting! Thanks for mentioning that.
It really doesn’t matter much anymore. MariaDB doesn’t have the significance it once had. Worst case scenario if it were to disappear people would switch to Postgres and that’s that.
MariaDB is a mysql based product like the Percona stuff right? I assume most users would switch to MySQL proper.
Postgres is often a better choice, but not an easy one for shops already in the mysql world.
If they were gonna use MySQL I have to imagine they would have used it already. If they’re using MariaDB they’re probably using features that aren’t in MySQL – either that or they want to avoid Oracle. Also, migrating Maria databases and codebase to MySQL is not as straightforward as you might think.
Anyway… MariaDB is not dead yet, no need to speculate that far ahead.
What happened ?
Huh? Postgresql is not mysql compatible. Mariadb is very popular in a ton of businesses around the world as a not stupidly expensive sql database with great support.
Neither is MariaDB, necessarily… if you think you can simply convert MariaDB databases to MySQL and pick up right where you left off you may be surprised. Depends on a variety of factors including which version you use, what features, the code you’ve built around it etc.
I would not be surprised. I’ve done it many times including complicated setups with different databases as replica slaves.
I’m now seeing a lot of new projects that don’t care much about DB backend since the library they use to wrap sql calls obscures all that stuff anyway, but I promise you mysql to Maria is a much more common and straightforward transition than to postgresql.
Viva la postgresql
The nice thing about MariaDB is that you can use it in place of MySQL for WordPress. AFAIK there’s no official way to do the same with psql.
Sometimes I wonder if Wordpress is the main reason MySql and MariaDB still exist.
Name thing for jQuery and PHP… Though Laravel seems to have some good projects under its belt I don’t find the system intuitive to work with.
I do love PostGREs, free Oracle. It depends on if the DB connection in your app supports both.
Maybe Oracle could acquire them? 😢
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