[cwbrandsma]

MySQL is considered more "old school" and not great at being standards compliant when installed with default settings. See https://twitter.com/robconery/status/189086889486192640

Also, MySQL is run by Oracle...and Oracle a horrible company run by horrible people that behave horribly, and should never ever be trusted in any form. Any developer relying or Oracle code should not be trusted ever again, and Oracle consultants are the vilest form of life on earth.

Did I mention I don't like Oracle?

[morgo]

What you are describing is no longer the default configuration.

Say what you like about oracle, they have been a great steward of MySQL.

[thevibesman]

> oracle, they have been a great steward of MySQL

I'm not so sure everyone will agree with reports of closed source regression tests and source histories[1][2] (I know these stories are old)

[1]: http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/18/oracle-makes-more-moves-to-... [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4400797

[sbov]

From what I can tell the mainline Linux kernel has code developed by Oracle, so you don't trust any developers that ever rely on Linux?

[jlgaddis]

I am in no way a fan of Oracle but, c'mon, that's a little over the top, don't you think?

[qaq]

Reminds me of a talk by Bryan Cantrill he talked a bit (I am paraphrasing) that he didn't believe that people could be purely evil and when looking into Larry Ellisson he actually discovered he donated several hundred mil. to a nonprofit (dedicated to prolonging human life). On closer look it turned the sole purpose of that nonprofit was working on prolonging life of one particular human namely Larry Ellisson. (while writing off the donation from taxes to boot :).

[the-dude]

One Rich Asshole Called Larry Ellison

[nickpsecurity]

I love it! Gotta try to remember that one!

[function_seven]

If only there was a mnemonic to help :)

[nickpsecurity]

Twice on this one. Yall be tripping me out haha.

[cellularmitosis]

Bryan Cantrill has a very hyperactive delivery when giving a talk. Personally, I love it, though it isn't for everyone. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bryan+cantrill

[ryanobjc]

A silicon valley amateur radio club recently moved their study and test sessions from Oracle to Google, because Oracle changed their non-profit rate to $2000/day for a room. Google doesn't charge as long as a contact employee takes responsibility for the meeting.

So yeah, Oracle, evil to the core.

[chillydawg]

Wait, Oracle are charging for access to their private offices and that's evil? I'm not sure I understand?

[cwbrandsma]

Absolutely a bit over the top (I have friends that are oracle consultants). But I still don't trust Oracle from a business practices level.

[jcoffland]

That's why there's MariaDB.