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The last straw was when Oracle bought MySQL, and it was forked to MariaSQL. Postgres went from the nerdy awkward kid to the nerdy cool kid, while MySQL started
by ASalazarMX 3y ago
The last straw was when Oracle bought MySQL, and it was forked to MariaSQL. Postgres went from the nerdy awkward kid to the nerdy cool kid, while MySQL started drinking, getting split personalities, and living off his past fame.
- CRConrad 3y ago> MariaSQL MariaDB.
- hashtag-til 3y agoThe “new” name never really stick…
- CRConrad 3y agoWas MariaDB ever called MariaSQL? When?
- hashtag-til 3y agoI referred to MySQL vs MariaDB
- CRConrad 3y agoThen you were even more wrong. MariaDB wasn't just "a new name" for MySQL.
- ASalazarMX 3y agoIt was my mistake, I misremembered MariaDB, but can't edit my comment now. In my defense, I've barely thought of it since 2009, when it was forked. On the other hand, I've worked with MySQL a few times in the same period, mostly because Oracle, whatever its failings, has kept MySQL alive. Not thriving, but alive. I'm so glad they didn't buy PostgreSQL.
- hashtag-til 3y agoIt is an easy mistake to make :) - it seems like ages ago when MySQL was sort of state of the art. I was there too when Oracle took over and everbody knew what was going to happen. Happy also that pgsql was not a victim and is still alive!
- chx 3y agoI think even Sun buying MySQL already hurt MySQL and helped PostgreSQL. Back in 2006, the startup I was with moved from PostgreSQL to MySQL because the support we were able to find was both expensive (300 USD/hr) and not satisfactory. Back then MySQL AB (this was before Sun) gave us a 10K two year deal on three servers and they had excellent response times and knowledgeable support. For PostgreSQL the year 2010 when Salesforce bought Heroku (big plus) and Oracle bought MySQL (big minus for MySQL so indirect big plus to PostgreSQL) was the breakthrough, I would say. That MySQL didn't get CTE and window functions until 2018 is a sad joke.