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by throwaway19972 604 days ago
Better than using a distinct name for a mostly-identical project or effort (looking at you, MariaDB).
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concerndc1tizen 604 days ago
"MariaDB is named after Widenius' younger daughter, Maria. (MySQL is named after his other daughter, My.)" (Wikipedia)
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philshem 604 days ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Widenius
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throwaway19972 604 days ago
(No insult intended to Maria or Michael, it's a lovely name in itself.)
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SahAssar 604 days ago
Are you suggesting that they should have used a name that might lead Oracle to sue them instead of being clearly differentiated?
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