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Unpopular opinion, and anecdotal data point: I stopped using Solaris and MySQL when oracle took ownership. Linux and postgres is my new standard.

by mutt2016 7y ago

petepete 7y ago
I'm not sure that's an unpopular opinion in these parts.
- mritchie712 7y ago
  yeah, I'd drop "unpopular opinion" along with "hot take", just speak your mind bud.
- chessturk 7y ago
  > these parts. The keywords here. Even though every dev on my team knows postgres equally or better than mysql, management chose mysql. I'm one of the equally camp, and don't possess a strong personal preference, but I was surprised that it was the favorite of the devs and not trusted by the business.
  - petepete 7y ago
    If it makes you feel any better, in the GOV.UK department I'm contracting in, just about every project is using PostgreSQL. It might take some time but the tide is flowing in PostgreSQL's direction.
yjftsjthsd-h 7y ago
... where is that an unpopular opinion? Really crusty enterprise?
- jniedrauer 7y ago
  I was even able to sell my last BigCorp™ on using MariaDB instead of Oracle MySQL
- zaarn 7y ago
  And hype-driven development practises in startups. See: everyone who is still using MongoDB and thinks that is a good idea.
TazeTSchnitzel 7y ago
https://mariadb.org https://mariadb.org
mmphosis 7y ago
Sadly, Oracle Java could also be in that blacklist. I've tried going through the hoops of downloading Oracle's "community" versions of MySQL in the past -- Java 6 for Android development IIRC. Today, I appear to have openjdk version "1.8.0_212", is this a fork?
- johannes1234321 7y ago
  The MySQL community server can be downloaded from https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ the biggest "hoop" is that it asks for an account or registration in big letters, while there is a link to bypass that below the big box. Alternatively there is http://www.github.com/mysql http://www.github.com/mysql and contrary to older versions this compiles quite easily if CMake and compilers are around. (I am on the MySQL engineering team)
Can_Not 7y ago
That's not an unpopular opinion, that's a best practice.

Unpopular opinion, and anecdotal data point: I stopped using Solaris and MySQL when oracle took ownership. Linux and postgres is my new standard.

petepete 7y ago

I'm not sure that's an unpopular opinion in these parts.

mritchie712 7y ago
yeah, I'd drop "unpopular opinion" along with "hot take", just speak your mind bud.
chessturk 7y ago
> these parts. The keywords here. Even though every dev on my team knows postgres equally or better than mysql, management chose mysql. I'm one of the equally camp, and don't possess a strong personal preference, but I was surprised that it was the favorite of the devs and not trusted by the business.
- petepete 7y ago
  If it makes you feel any better, in the GOV.UK department I'm contracting in, just about every project is using PostgreSQL. It might take some time but the tide is flowing in PostgreSQL's direction.

yjftsjthsd-h 7y ago

... where is that an unpopular opinion? Really crusty enterprise?

jniedrauer 7y ago
I was even able to sell my last BigCorp™ on using MariaDB instead of Oracle MySQL
zaarn 7y ago
And hype-driven development practises in startups. See: everyone who is still using MongoDB and thinks that is a good idea.

TazeTSchnitzel 7y ago

https://mariadb.org https://mariadb.org

mmphosis 7y ago

Sadly, Oracle Java could also be in that blacklist. I've tried going through the hoops of downloading Oracle's "community" versions of MySQL in the past -- Java 6 for Android development IIRC. Today, I appear to have openjdk version "1.8.0_212", is this a fork?

johannes1234321 7y ago
The MySQL community server can be downloaded from https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ the biggest "hoop" is that it asks for an account or registration in big letters, while there is a link to bypass that below the big box. Alternatively there is http://www.github.com/mysql http://www.github.com/mysql and contrary to older versions this compiles quite easily if CMake and compilers are around. (I am on the MySQL engineering team)

Can_Not 7y ago

That's not an unpopular opinion, that's a best practice.