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Well, yeah, but then there's stuff like enterprisedb which is postgresql + some proprietary stuff on top, and the company employs some of the postgresql core de

by jabl 7y ago

Well, yeah, but then there's stuff like enterprisedb which is postgresql + some proprietary stuff on top, and the company employs some of the postgresql core developers. So in some sense it's "PostgreSQL Enterprise Edition" in all but name. I believe Citus DB(?) is something similar.

e12e 7y ago
> I believe Citus DB(?) is something similar. "Citus Unforks From PostgreSQL, Goes Open Source" https://www.citusdata.com/blog/2016/03/24/citus-unforks-goes-open-source/ https://www.citusdata.com/blog/2016/03/24/citus-unforks-goes... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11353322 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11353322 As for mysql - I don't know why anyone wouldn't prefer mariadb - but I suppose it's conceivable mysql has features that makes it worth dealing with oracle licensing. But I doubt it.