Struggling database company MariaDB could be taken private in $37M deal (techcrunch.com)
from throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to programming@programming.dev on 19 Feb 2024 17:01
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deegeese@sopuli.xyz on 19 Feb 2024 17:28 next collapse

Maybe Oracle could acquire them? 😢

Tja@programming.dev on 19 Feb 2024 18:48 collapse

We should then fork the project, and maybe create a struggling database company around it!

IonicFrog@lemmy.sdf.org on 19 Feb 2024 18:55 next collapse

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dohpaz42@lemmy.world on 19 Feb 2024 23:08 collapse

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VonReposti@feddit.dk on 19 Feb 2024 17:33 next collapse

Please no

haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com on 19 Feb 2024 17:43 next collapse

I didnt know there was a mariadb company and that they were public. Does this have implications for mariadb as a product?

lemmyvore@feddit.nl on 19 Feb 2024 18:40 next collapse

It really doesn’t matter much anymore. MariaDB doesn’t have the significance it once had. Worst case scenario if it were to disappear people would switch to Postgres and that’s that.

topinambour_rex@lemmy.world on 19 Feb 2024 20:35 next collapse

What happened ?

HParker@programming.dev on 19 Feb 2024 21:55 next collapse

MariaDB is a mysql based product like the Percona stuff right? I assume most users would switch to MySQL proper.

Postgres is often a better choice, but not an easy one for shops already in the mysql world.

lemmyvore@feddit.nl on 19 Feb 2024 22:12 collapse

If they were gonna use MySQL I have to imagine they would have used it already. If they’re using MariaDB they’re probably using features that aren’t in MySQL – either that or they want to avoid Oracle. Also, migrating Maria databases and codebase to MySQL is not as straightforward as you might think.

Anyway… MariaDB is not dead yet, no need to speculate that far ahead.

daq@lemmy.sdf.org on 19 Feb 2024 22:12 collapse

Huh? Postgresql is not mysql compatible. Mariadb is very popular in a ton of businesses around the world as a not stupidly expensive sql database with great support.

lemmyvore@feddit.nl on 19 Feb 2024 22:20 collapse

Postgresql is not mysql compatible.

Neither is MariaDB, necessarily… if you think you can simply convert MariaDB databases to MySQL and pick up right where you left off you may be surprised. Depends on a variety of factors including which version you use, what features, the code you’ve built around it etc.

daq@lemmy.sdf.org on 19 Feb 2024 22:26 collapse

I would not be surprised. I’ve done it many times including complicated setups with different databases as replica slaves.

I’m now seeing a lot of new projects that don’t care much about DB backend since the library they use to wrap sql calls obscures all that stuff anyway, but I promise you mysql to Maria is a much more common and straightforward transition than to postgresql.

PoY@lemmygrad.ml on 19 Feb 2024 21:13 collapse

i drive by that building all the time… i thought it was just a front cuz there’s never any cars in the parking lot

haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com on 19 Feb 2024 21:14 collapse

Very interesting! Thanks for mentioning that.

taaz@biglemmowski.win on 19 Feb 2024 18:01 next collapse

Viva la postgresql

tills13@lemmy.world on 19 Feb 2024 22:26 next collapse

The nice thing about MariaDB is that you can use it in place of MySQL for WordPress. AFAIK there’s no official way to do the same with psql.

sjpwarren@programming.dev on 20 Feb 2024 20:54 collapse

Sometimes I wonder if Wordpress is the main reason MySql and MariaDB still exist.

mac@infosec.pub on 22 Feb 2024 01:50 collapse

Name thing for jQuery and PHP… Though Laravel seems to have some good projects under its belt I don’t find the system intuitive to work with.

jelloeater85@lemmy.world on 20 Feb 2024 05:02 collapse

I do love PostGREs, free Oracle. It depends on if the DB connection in your app supports both.

Rade0nfighter@lemmy.world on 19 Feb 2024 23:17 next collapse

Meh, time for another fork.

To those people saying switch to MySQL, they miss the point - MySQL and Maria are basically interchangeable, Maria was made to replace MySQL like for like when oracle took over. It was made by the same guy (et al) and he he named both after his daughters.

When Maria is taken over the same thing will happen. I for one hope that it is named for Widenius’ other child, max.

The king is dead, long live the king! (MaxDB)

Fudoshin@feddit.uk on 19 Feb 2024 23:24 collapse

He’s got a kid called MySQL?

Rade0nfighter@lemmy.world on 19 Feb 2024 23:48 next collapse

MySQL (/ˌmaɪˌɛsˌkjuːˈɛl/)[5] is an open-source relational database management system (RDBMS).[5][6] Its name is a combination of “My”, the name of co-founder Michael Widenius’s daughter My,[7] and “SQL”.

My Widenius-SQL 😂

deegeese@sopuli.xyz on 20 Feb 2024 00:06 collapse

She’s like the real life Bobby Tables.

eager_eagle@lemmy.world on 20 Feb 2024 02:49 next collapse

Don’t be silly, his kid was named SQL.

csm10495@sh.itjust.works on 20 Feb 2024 03:05 collapse

Came here to say this lol

BigTrout75@lemmy.world on 20 Feb 2024 04:52 next collapse

Fork time!

wise_pancake@lemmy.ca on 19 Feb 2024 17:17 next collapse

The ‘non-binding’ proposal comes 14 months after MariaDB went public via SPAC

If you plan to go public through a SPAC, you should take a step back.

I don’t know why any investor would buy Spacs where contacted can even go through the usual due diligence process.

Kissaki@programming.dev on 20 Feb 2024 14:09 collapse
Thcdenton@lemmy.world on 20 Feb 2024 14:27 next collapse

STAHP

sjpwarren@programming.dev on 20 Feb 2024 20:52 collapse

Glad I switch to Postgres years ago.