Viva la postgresql
Struggling database company MariaDB could be taken private in $37M deal
Submitted 8 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to programming@programming.dev
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taaz@biglemmowski.win 8 months ago
tills13@lemmy.world 8 months ago
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.
jelloeater85@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I do love PostGREs, free Oracle. It depends on if the DB connection in your app supports both.
Rade0nfighter@lemmy.world 8 months 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)
Fudoshin@feddit.uk 8 months ago
He’s got a kid called MySQL?
Rade0nfighter@lemmy.world 8 months ago
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 😂
eager_eagle@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Don’t be silly, his kid was named SQL.
csm10495@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Came here to say this lol
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
Maybe Oracle could acquire them? 😢
Tja@programming.dev 8 months ago
We should then fork the project, and maybe create a struggling database company around it!
dohpaz42@lemmy.world 8 months ago
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VonReposti@feddit.dk 8 months ago
Please no
BigTrout75@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Fork time!
Thcdenton@lemmy.world 8 months ago
STAHP
wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
The ‘non-binding’ proposal comes 14 months after MariaDB went public via SPAC
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.
haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 8 months ago
I didnt know there was a mariadb company and that they were public. Does this have implications for mariadb as a product?
lemmyvore@feddit.nl 8 months ago
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.
daq@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
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.
topinambour_rex@lemmy.world 8 months ago
What happened ?
HParker@programming.dev 8 months ago
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.
PoY@lemmygrad.ml 8 months ago
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
haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 8 months ago
Very interesting! Thanks for mentioning that.