> Ubuntu, on the other hand, doesn't have the same strong OSS sensibilities and will probably tow the Oracle line, at least for a little while longer. Sorry to

> Ubuntu, on the other hand, doesn't have the same strong OSS sensibilities and will probably tow the Oracle line, at least for a little while longer. Sorry to ruin your "Ubuntu is more closed" claim (seriously why even make that up?) but Ubuntu has been discussing switching to MariaDB at for the past year -- here are the last 2 blueprints with the progress: - https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/servercloud-q-mysql-roundtable https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/servercloud-q-... - https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/servercloud-r-mysql https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/servercloud-r-... Also it's "toe the line", and we're toeing with Debian, it just happens to be the same person doing the work in Ubuntu and Debian, so doing the work in Debian and syncing to Ubuntu makes the most sense.