The MySQL MariaDB Story
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A history of MySQL’s rise up to its sale to Sun/Oracle and the motivations behind creating the MariaDB fork. Covers technical steps taken to maintain a free MySQL-compatible server—including merging MariaDB with MySQL 5.5, build and CI tooling (e.g., BuildBot) used to produce binaries—and how the project engages with the MariaDB/MySQL community.
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