Scott Vanderbilt, 20 Oct 2014 18:42: > In any event, I'm happy to see the back-side of MySQL,and offer my > thanks to the developers/porters for making the switch a reality.
mysql has a huge presence. all adapters, plugins, scripts, conversion tools, development tools, etc in all the programming world were created against that body of code with all the idiosyncrasies included. at the moment mariadb is advertised as a binary drop in replacement. but how long until the mariadb guys start deviating more and more, fixing ages old nuissances they can't bear to look at anymore, changing default values, adding new features -- as forks tend to do. until one day it will break. and then what? repent all ye mysql users! repent! long live postgresql :) -f -- nobody can be exactly like me. even i have trouble doing so.
