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by jamesfinlayson 1274 days ago
I agree - I didn't realise it was a listed company. Does it compete with Oracle or SQL Server in terms of features?
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mdaniel 1274 days ago
My recollection is that it was created when Oracle took over MySQL in order to continue to have a community-driven GPLv2 "mysql compatible" server; I was expecting them to be more different than they are, but for comparison one is a "clean" GPLv2" and the other has more words and a link to oracle.com: https://github.com/mysql/mysql-server/blob/mysql-8.0.31/LICE... https://github.com/MariaDB/server/blob/mariadb-10.11.1/COPYI...
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seabrookmx 1274 days ago
Absolutely not. It's main feature is being wire compatible with mysql.
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chillfox 1274 days ago
It’s just a fork of mysql.
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tim-- 1273 days ago
but an incompatible fork. There are many major differences between MySQL and MariaDB. https://mariadb.com/database-topics/mariadb-vs-mysql/
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deafpolygon 1273 days ago
It wasn't an incompatible fork at first. It's now diverged a bit.
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jamesfinlayson 1273 days ago
Yeah that was my recollection. I thought putting a company behind it might have changed that but apparently not.
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