Drizzle Hits General Availability

snydeq writes "MySQL fork Drizzle has been released for general availability, giving companies a viable alternative to Oracle-owned MySQL, InfoWorld reports. 'Organizations that have been seeking a less-expensive alternative to Oracle's brand of MySQL — or a variant devoid of feature bloat — now have an option that Drizzle's creators deem ready to package in Linux distributions.'"

Drizzle?

[Attila Dimedici]

Really? Drizzle? That was the best they could do for a name of the new project?

Re:Drizzle?

[gandhi_2]

PostgreSQL was already taken.

Re:MySQL went wrong direction long time ago

[masshuu]

As someone who has dealt with both, I can say the reason postgresql isn't as popular is because its more involved in its setup. Mysql is simpler for new people. You install it, download phpmyadmin, login as root and then start creating databases and stuff. postgresql isn't as simple. Creating a new database is a bit more involved and when i first was confronted with it, I wondered why it was so complex.

I don't even know how to take advantage of more complex stuff in postgresql either.

This is coming from someone who is mildly experinced with mysql and set up a postgresql server not knowing anything.

Its like taking a Ubuntu person and sticking them on slackware/gentoo or something. Although its similar its still radically different.

Re:MySQL went wrong direction long time ago

[TheRaven64]

These days, I think MySQL has the same problem. It's squeezed between SQLite and PostgreSQL. If you're doing complex queries, PostgreSQL is faster. If you care about your data, both have better ACID support. If you're doing simple queries without many concurrent updates, SQLite is faster. There aren't many niches left where MySQL is worth considering.