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

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 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?

jlgaddis 10y ago
I am in no way a fan of Oracle but, c'mon, that's a little over the top, don't you think?
- qaq 10y ago
  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 10y ago
    One Rich Asshole Called Larry Ellison
    - nickpsecurity 10y ago
      I love it! Gotta try to remember that one!
      - function_seven 10y ago
        If only there was a mnemonic to help :)
        nickpsecurity 10y ago
        Twice on this one. Yall be tripping me out haha.
  - cellularmitosis 10y ago
    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 https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bryan+cantrill
- ryanobjc 10y ago
  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 10y ago
    Wait, Oracle are charging for access to their private offices and that's evil? I'm not sure I understand?
- cwbrandsma 10y ago
  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.
sbov 10y ago
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?
morgo 10y ago
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 10y ago
  > 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-kill-open-source-mysql/ http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/18/oracle-makes-more-moves-to-... [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4400797 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4400797
jcoffland 10y ago
That's why there's MariaDB.

jlgaddis 10y ago

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

qaq 10y ago
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 10y ago
  One Rich Asshole Called Larry Ellison
  - nickpsecurity 10y ago
    I love it! Gotta try to remember that one!
    - function_seven 10y ago
      If only there was a mnemonic to help :)
      - nickpsecurity 10y ago
        Twice on this one. Yall be tripping me out haha.
- cellularmitosis 10y ago
  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 https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bryan+cantrill
ryanobjc 10y ago
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 10y ago
  Wait, Oracle are charging for access to their private offices and that's evil? I'm not sure I understand?
cwbrandsma 10y ago
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.

sbov 10y ago

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?

morgo 10y ago

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 10y ago
> 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-kill-open-source-mysql/ http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/18/oracle-makes-more-moves-to-... [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4400797 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4400797

jcoffland 10y ago

That's why there's MariaDB.