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Ask HN: Why MariaDB and not Percona

3 points by devb0x ↗ HN
I see on readwrite that Google is moving from mySQL to MariaDB. Now I know that Percona exists and has some good tooling.

why MariaDB and not Percona?

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angularly
Because the people behind MariaDB are the original mysql devs.
seiji
...and they did so spectacularly the first time around?
memracom
I expect it is something to do with the fact that Percona targets small and mid-size companies who want a complete package with support but have no interest in doing their own MySQL development. But MariaDB is more open and hacker friendly. This is good for Google because they like to adapt tools to their own environment and MariaDB is more like a box of db tools in evolution.