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Not judging the book by it's cover, but MariaDB doesn't do the DB any justice with this crappy name.

by tzaman 13y ago

yen223 13y ago
What's wrong with the name?
ollysb 13y ago
As opposed to MySql? Sounds like sound kind of toy database.
- inthewind 13y ago
  The nice thing is that they are just named after Monty's kids, from what I remember from an interview on FLOSS weekly.
  - unwind 13y ago
    Oh, I get it! Is it "MySQL" -> "my sequel" -> "my child" -> "Maria"? That's quite clever! :)
    - laumars 13y ago
      You're over thinking things. :) He literally has a daughter named "My" and another daughter called "Maria".
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    - geon 13y ago
      > "my sequel" -> "my child" Ha! Never thought of that. But it is simpler than that. His daughters are named My and Maria.
      - unwind 13y ago
        Oh, darnit! :) Thanks, though.
shrikant 13y ago
GreenPlum is plenty successful. I doubt the name matters too much.
- inthewind 13y ago
  iOS, iPad, iPod, iMac, Flickr, Tumblr, Posterous, Cybershot, Vista, Wii (children smirk), XBoxOne (didn't we have an XBox 1?), are all pretty shitty names. I can even remember thinking that Google was a toy name when I first heard it. So doesn't matter that much - over time you ignore them. On the flip side, I loved the name Bing until MS used it, I feel uneasy each time I hear it.
  - parasubvert 13y ago
    Dude, I have to ask, what is NOT a shitty name in your world? I think some of those brand names were pretty good (the original XBox, iPod too).
    - inthewind 13y ago
      Good question - sorry to come over as negative! Youtube, Facebook, Myspace, XBox (I only think the new name is misleading), Playstation (though it does sound like a childs play area - which I guess it is...), Oracle, Sun, Apple, Mac (this one is weird, Macintosh??, the abbreviation is short for friend or nice drink), Trillian, Xerox (a bit dated - but different), Knoppix, Debian (I like name inspired ones), OCP, Acorn, MSX (original XBox?), Dragon, Spectrum, Spectre, OpenSource, Ubuntu, Redhat/Fedora, Suse (brain is struggling now), Hobnob, Jaffacake, Pathe, Universal, Pegasus, Mercury messenger, Kindle, Nook, Monster Munch, Twiglets, Suma, Pot noodle, Marmite, Oat Crunchies, Audi, Honda, Kia, Lotus, Epic, The Who, The Fall, The The - sure there are loads more, but can't think of them off the top of my head. (I guess it was clever of Flickr, to do something at least different, but the other web2.0 wannabe names feel like second rate copy cats.)
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JimmaDaRustla 13y ago
Ya, I don't like the name either, I think he named it after his kid?
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- modokode 13y ago
  Yes, well, he named MySQL after a daughter called My, too.
nnq 13y ago
yeah, they should've chosen something more pronounceable, like "PostgreSQL" </sarcasm> ...seriously now, the only db with a "decent" name (easy to pronounce, nice sounding and actually meaningful) is Oracle, and maybe this was a reason for their success.
- fafner 13y ago
  I don't think Oracle is the easiest to pronounce because of the c + l. There are certainly better names. DB2 is a simple one. Nothing fancy of fuzzy about it. If you want a word then, how about Firebird.
  - dagw 13y ago
    "Firebird" is non-trivial outside of english and it doesn't mean anything. Most European languages at least have a word that not only sounds a bit like "Oracle" but also means the same thing. I agree that DB2 is fairly simple and to the point.
    - geon 13y ago
      > "Firebird" is non-trivial outside of english What? I can imagine it is in a few languages, but not in any where "Oracle" is trivial. And it does have a meaning, even if it isn't related to databases. "Oracle" is a bit clever that way.
      - Oletros 13y ago
        cl in Spanish (clave), French (clef), Italian (, Catalan (clau), etc is a trivial pronunciation if is pronounced not like an English word. And the English pronunciation (kel) is even easier Firebird is complicated. By the way, oracle in Catalan or French is oracle
    - easy_rider 13y ago
      How about BigTable ? Since it's uhm essentially a big table. When is DB3 coming out?
clhodapp 13y ago
Both MariaDB and MySQL are named after Monty's daughters. He has a daughter named Maria and a daughter named My.

Not judging the book by it's cover, but MariaDB doesn't do the DB any justice with this crappy name.

by tzaman 13y ago

Not judging the book by it's cover, but MariaDB doesn't do the DB any justice with this crappy name.

yen223 13y ago

What's wrong with the name?

ollysb 13y ago

As opposed to MySql? Sounds like sound kind of toy database.

inthewind 13y ago
The nice thing is that they are just named after Monty's kids, from what I remember from an interview on FLOSS weekly.
- unwind 13y ago
  Oh, I get it! Is it "MySQL" -> "my sequel" -> "my child" -> "Maria"? That's quite clever! :)
  - laumars 13y ago
    You're over thinking things. :) He literally has a daughter named "My" and another daughter called "Maria".
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  - geon 13y ago
    > "my sequel" -> "my child" Ha! Never thought of that. But it is simpler than that. His daughters are named My and Maria.
    - unwind 13y ago
      Oh, darnit! :) Thanks, though.

shrikant 13y ago

GreenPlum is plenty successful. I doubt the name matters too much.

inthewind 13y ago
iOS, iPad, iPod, iMac, Flickr, Tumblr, Posterous, Cybershot, Vista, Wii (children smirk), XBoxOne (didn't we have an XBox 1?), are all pretty shitty names. I can even remember thinking that Google was a toy name when I first heard it. So doesn't matter that much - over time you ignore them. On the flip side, I loved the name Bing until MS used it, I feel uneasy each time I hear it.
- parasubvert 13y ago
  Dude, I have to ask, what is NOT a shitty name in your world? I think some of those brand names were pretty good (the original XBox, iPod too).
  - inthewind 13y ago
    Good question - sorry to come over as negative! Youtube, Facebook, Myspace, XBox (I only think the new name is misleading), Playstation (though it does sound like a childs play area - which I guess it is...), Oracle, Sun, Apple, Mac (this one is weird, Macintosh??, the abbreviation is short for friend or nice drink), Trillian, Xerox (a bit dated - but different), Knoppix, Debian (I like name inspired ones), OCP, Acorn, MSX (original XBox?), Dragon, Spectrum, Spectre, OpenSource, Ubuntu, Redhat/Fedora, Suse (brain is struggling now), Hobnob, Jaffacake, Pathe, Universal, Pegasus, Mercury messenger, Kindle, Nook, Monster Munch, Twiglets, Suma, Pot noodle, Marmite, Oat Crunchies, Audi, Honda, Kia, Lotus, Epic, The Who, The Fall, The The - sure there are loads more, but can't think of them off the top of my head. (I guess it was clever of Flickr, to do something at least different, but the other web2.0 wannabe names feel like second rate copy cats.)

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JimmaDaRustla 13y ago

Ya, I don't like the name either, I think he named it after his kid?

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modokode 13y ago
Yes, well, he named MySQL after a daughter called My, too.

nnq 13y ago

yeah, they should've chosen something more pronounceable, like "PostgreSQL" </sarcasm> ...seriously now, the only db with a "decent" name (easy to pronounce, nice sounding and actually meaningful) is Oracle, and maybe this was a reason for their success.

fafner 13y ago
I don't think Oracle is the easiest to pronounce because of the c + l. There are certainly better names. DB2 is a simple one. Nothing fancy of fuzzy about it. If you want a word then, how about Firebird.
- dagw 13y ago
  "Firebird" is non-trivial outside of english and it doesn't mean anything. Most European languages at least have a word that not only sounds a bit like "Oracle" but also means the same thing. I agree that DB2 is fairly simple and to the point.
  - geon 13y ago
    > "Firebird" is non-trivial outside of english What? I can imagine it is in a few languages, but not in any where "Oracle" is trivial. And it does have a meaning, even if it isn't related to databases. "Oracle" is a bit clever that way.
    - Oletros 13y ago
      cl in Spanish (clave), French (clef), Italian (, Catalan (clau), etc is a trivial pronunciation if is pronounced not like an English word. And the English pronunciation (kel) is even easier Firebird is complicated. By the way, oracle in Catalan or French is oracle
  - easy_rider 13y ago
    How about BigTable ? Since it's uhm essentially a big table. When is DB3 coming out?

clhodapp 13y ago

Both MariaDB and MySQL are named after Monty's daughters. He has a daughter named Maria and a daughter named My.