Longest Running Linux Distribution Slackware Adopts MariaDB 109
First time accepted submitter Gerardo Zamudio writes with the news that Ur-distribution Slackware is replacing MySQL with MariaDB. From an update posted to the Slackware news feed yesterday: "This shouldn't really be a surprise on any level. The poll on LQ showed a large majority of our users were in favor of the change. It's my belief that the MariaDB Foundation will do a better job with the code, be more responsive to security concerns, and be more willing to work with the open source community. And while I don't think there is currently any issue with MySQL's licensing of the community edition for commercial uses, several threads on LQ showed that there is confusion about this, whereas with MariaDB the freedom to use the software is quite clear." (Here's a link to the mentioned poll.)
Frosty piss (Score:4, Funny)
MariaDB sucks. I'll stick with MS Access. Best. Database. Ever.
Re:Frosty piss (Score:5, Funny)
We use post-it notes... When the data is accessed, my secretary manually types in the data from the related notes according to the SQL query.
SELECT * FROM the_yellow_ones_by_the_office_fridge WHERE handwriting LIKE "Larry"
We use SMS to connect to this fancy database.
Re:Poll was garbage (Score:5, Funny)
I agree. There was no option for CowboyNealDB.
The poll was worthless.
Re:Frosty piss (Score:5, Funny)
Real men remember where they left their stuff.