That's what I was thinking. On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 6:24 PM, Dustin Puryear <dpury...@puryear-it.com> wrote:
> I hope he enjoys his life of squalor with $20m. > > > > Dustin Puryear > CEO & Vision Builder > *Direct: 225-304-6402* <Direct:%20225-304-6402> > Tel: *225-706-8414* <225-706-8414> > Fax: *800-613-5731* <800-613-5731> > Web: *puryear-it.com* <http://puryear-it.com> > [image: Puryear IT, LLC] <http://puryear-it.com> > Puryear IT, LLC > > *1779 Government St.Baton Rouge, LA 70802* > <https://www.google.com/maps/place/1779+Government+St.,+Baton+Rouge,+LA+70802> > IT for the Gulf Coast > Outsourced IT | Fully Managed IT | Professional Services | Office 365 > No more servers -- move to the Puryear Cloud > > 2016 Honoree of the LSU 100: Fastest Growing Tiger Businesses > 2016 Honoree of the MSP 501: The Ultimate Guide to the World's Best MSPs > 2014 Honoree of the LSU 100: Fastest Growing Tiger Businesses > 2013 Honoree of the LSU 100: Fastest Growing Tiger Businesses > 2012 Honoree of the Silicon Bayou 100 > > > > *From:* General [mailto:general-boun...@brlug.net] *On Behalf Of *Ray > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 6, 2016 3:05 PM > > *To:* general@brlug.net > *Subject:* Re: [brlug-general] Are you using MySQL or.. have you moved to > something else? > > > > Monty Widenius is the original guy that started MySQL and sold it to Sun. > He actually left Sun shortly before Oracle bought them, due to his > differences with Sun management. (After the billion dollar purchase, he > supposedly only pocketed $20 million). > > > > He actually started the MariaDB fork back in 2009 when he left Sun. It > didn't get a lot of traction at first. I believe it was Redhat that became > unhappy with what Oracle was doing with MySQL. Since MariaDB had matured > into a superior product, and Oracle was a direct competitor of Redhat's > (with Oracle Enterprise Linux, itself a clone of RHEL), they decided to > ditch MySQL and go with MariaDB with RHEL 7. Other clones like CentOS and > Scientific Linux followed suit. > > > > So there's your MySQL history lesson for the day. :) > > > > Ray > > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 11:23 AM, B. Estrade <estr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes, a fork more like it. It's superior in everyway, with the bonus goal > of being a drop-in replacement. > > The original develops had concerns about Oracle's stewardship of the > product, so they continued developing it. This is after Sun paid over a > BILLION for MySQL AB. > > Brett > > > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 11:13 AM, Dustin Puryear <dpury...@puryear-it.com> > wrote: > > That’s the split off of MySQL? > > > > > > Dustin Puryear > > *CEO & Vision Builder* > > Direct: 225-304-6402 <Direct:%20225-304-6402> > > *Tel: * > > 225-706-8414 > > *Fax: * > > 800-613-5731 > > *Web: * > > puryear-it.com > > [image: Puryear IT, LLC] <http://puryear-it.com> > > Puryear IT, LLC > > 1779 Government St. > Baton Rouge, LA 70802 > <https://www.google.com/maps/place/1779+Government+St.,+Baton+Rouge,+LA+70802> > > IT for the Gulf Coast > *Outsourced IT* | *Fully Managed IT* | *Professional Services* | * Office > 365* > No more servers -- move to the Puryear Cloud > > 2016 Honoree of the LSU 100: Fastest Growing Tiger Businesses > 2016 Honoree of the MSP 501: The Ultimate Guide to the World's Best MSPs > 2014 Honoree of the LSU 100: Fastest Growing Tiger Businesses > 2013 Honoree of the LSU 100: Fastest Growing Tiger Businesses > 2012 Honoree of the Silicon Bayou 100 > > > > *From:* General [mailto:general-boun...@brlug.net] *On Behalf Of *Ray > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 6, 2016 9:46 AM > *To:* general@brlug.net > *Subject:* Re: [brlug-general] Are you using MySQL or.. have you moved to > something else? > > > > Switching to MariaDB as systems are upgraded from RHEL/Centos 6 to 7. It's > a pretty seamless transition. > > > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 9:35 AM, Tim Fournet <tfour...@tfour.net> wrote: > > MariaDB when the application needs MySQL. Otherwise the preference is > postgres > > > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 9:31 AM, Jeffrey Lee <jle...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Most of my applications are using PostgreSQL because of the GIS functions. > I still have a few applications using MySQL but rarely spin up a new app > with it. > > > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 9:29 AM, Dustin Puryear <dpury...@puryear-it.com> > wrote: > > > > > > Dustin Puryear > > *CEO & Vision Builder* > > Direct: 225-304-6402 <Direct:%20225-304-6402> > > *Tel: * > > 225-706-8414 > > *Fax: * > > 800-613-5731 > > *Web: * > > puryear-it.com > > [image: Puryear IT, LLC] <http://puryear-it.com> > > Puryear IT, LLC > > 1779 Government St. > Baton Rouge, LA 70802 > <https://www.google.com/maps/place/1779+Government+St.,+Baton+Rouge,+LA+70802> > > IT for the Gulf Coast > *Outsourced IT* | *Fully Managed IT* | *Professional Services* | * Office > 365* > No more servers -- move to the Puryear Cloud > > 2016 Honoree of the LSU 100: Fastest Growing Tiger Businesses > 2016 Honoree of the MSP 501: The Ultimate Guide to the World's Best MSPs > 2014 Honoree of the LSU 100: Fastest Growing Tiger Businesses > 2013 Honoree of the LSU 100: Fastest Growing Tiger Businesses > 2012 Honoree of the Silicon Bayou 100 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General@brlug.net > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General@brlug.net > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General@brlug.net > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General@brlug.net > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General@brlug.net > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General@brlug.net > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >
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