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[2007-12-21 13:24]

MySQL: all their base are belong to others.

MySQL: all their base are belong to others.

Unless you are running MyISAM (stop reading and switch now before you lose data)... the backend you run in MySQL has a product roadmap controlled by a competitor. Think about that.

To be clear, I think this does not lessen MySQL's value today. What it does is make me entirely unsure of MySQL's future value. What's next? Luckily, I'm patients, so I'll just spectate.

Posted by Theo Schlossnagle in Damaged Bits Comments: (3) Trackbacks: (0)
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Pedro Melo said,

Friday, December 21. 2007 at 14:24 (Link) (Reply)

Interesting move by IBM.

And so in your mind, we should all be moving to PostgreSQL?

Best regards,

Theo Schlossnagle said,

Saturday, December 22. 2007 at 17:57 (Link) (Reply)

No. I wouldn't move anywhere - I hate moving. If I was looking into developing a new project I would consider MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, DB2, you know -- all the usual suspects. I'd figure out what my app needs, where it will stress typical RDBMSs and which features are simply not important. Then, I'd chose the most fitting. This is just like any engineering project: materials selection.

Saying "use MySQL" is like saying "use concrete." While it is likely one of the most common building materials, you should figure out what you are building before you choose concrete. For example: I want to build a children's playground... concrete is likely not the front-runner there. I'm sure there are some modernists out there that would think it cool to build everything from concrete -- I'm just practical.

Michael Peters said,

Friday, December 21. 2007 at 20:08 (Reply)

This is probably why they are so excited about developing Falcon. Not only will it be more "modern" than InnoDB, but they will own it internally.

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