"MySQL is no longer needed" - Computer Sweden

“MariaDB has features that are important for Google that does not exist in MySQL,” said Michael “Monty” Widenius.

Google announces company to replace the open database MySQL to upcoming version 10 equally open MariaDB. It is a real gain in prestige for Michael “Monty” Widenius, the man who once helped create MySQL.

Class=”paragraphIntro”> After MySQL first ended up at Sun and then at Oracle Widenius distanced themselves from their favorite pet, which by the way is has been named after his oldest daughter. He is now chief technology officer for MariaDB Foundation which develops the database with the same name, which can be described as an alternate version of MySQL. He is also involved in company with interests in MariaDB.

– This in combination with MySQL replaced with MariaDB in most major Linux distributions shows that MySQL no longer needed, said Michael “Monty” Widenius.

Why replace Google to MariaDB?

– What I know, they want a guaranteed open database, which MariaDB always will be. They want to be able to influence developments. Additionally, MariaDB features that are important for Google that does not exist in MySQL.

to Google really want to influence is demonstrated by the company has had its own version, called fork of MySQL at least seven years. Google has thus already modified the basic code in MySQL for its own needs. Now Google hopes to make such changes in the context of MariaDB.

As an example functions available in MariaDB and not in MySQL mentions Widenius replication from several sources a goal, as well as other improvements to the replication function to get version 10 of MariaDB. He also claims that MariaDB generally offers better performance.

The largest source to Widenius aversion to Oracle’s handling of MySQL is that he believes that Oracle has “stopped entire community around MySQL “.

– It was is not supposed to be happening. There will never be able to happen with MariaDB.