On 05/04/2010 08:08 AM, C wrote:
On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 14:59, David C. Rankin <drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
What in the heck is 'MariaDB' and why did it replace mysql?? What difference does it make to me? I'm sure Maria is a sweet girl, but I was always partial to mysql -- What gives?
MariaDB is Monty's drop-in replacement for MySQL (Monty is the guy who started MySQL, sold it to Sun, and then got all cranky when Oracle bought Sun and by extension bought MySQL)
MariaDB is basically a fork of MySQL5.1.
C.
Thanks, Robert, Clayton It's always a surprise when a bombshell like this drops and your are left wondering "... not even a peep on the list prior to the update?" "do they think people just won't notice stuff like this?"... I'm good with the fork, but have my own concerns about "who know how long Monty will be around.." I'm all for OSS over whatever Oracle might try to monopolize, but when you have built your entire system around a LAMP backend, it is troubling (to say the least) when M has a sex-change and reemerges as something quite different than it was 2 days ago. What about documentation? Does mysql.org go with Oracle and how divergent will mysql and mariadb become and how quickly? I can't tell you the number of times I needed to learn how to do X and I just jump over to the mysql site and go to chapter Y and in 5 minutes you have your answer. I sure hope Maria continues with the useful documentation, else-wise she gets real fickle real quick. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org