There Is No Reason At All To Use MySQL: MariaDB, MySQL Founder Michael Widenius

sfcrazy writes "In this exclusive interview MySQL founder Michael Widenius talks about the reasons of decline of MySQL, what Oracle is doing wrong and how MariaDB is fast replacing it. There are quite some interesting information in this interview. The take out of this interview is '...there is no reason at all to use MySQL 5.5 instead of MariaDB 5.5. The same will be true for the next generation.'" Of course, he has an economic interest in getting people to use MariaDB. Hard to argue that Oracle isn't evil though.

Re:Praise the lord

[Anonymous Coward]

I've found JudasDB to be very reliable so far.

Re:or sqlite

[gagol]

The command sucks. I uses a led and a switch connected to my fiber to send commands.

Re:Postgres has a poor toolset

[TheRealMindChild]

I'm calling liar. No one on purpose MOVES to db2

Re:First

[Anonymous Coward]

Fool me once, full me twice...

...empty me the third time?

Re:Postgres

[larry bagina]

I think he's referring to upgrades. What if Oracle releases MySQL 7.0 Enterprise Edition SE and 2013-02-31 is no longer a valid date? Meanwhile, MariaDB starts recognizing SLECT, SELCT, SLCT, INSRT, etc as keywords so shitty PHP programmers don't have to worry about writing valid SQL queries.

Re:First

[prionic6]

You meant to say:

fool me once, shame on
shame on you.
Fool me
you can't get fooled again

Re: or sqlite

[RyuuzakiTetsuya]

Hey, that's not a REAL no true Scotsman fallacy...