On: No More Hidden Changes: How MySQL 9.6 Transforms Foreign Key Management

[ksec]

I sometimes wonder if Oracle would entertain the idea of selling off asset like MySQL, Solaris, ZFS or basically everything from Sun apart from Java which they have been doing a great job anyway.

Or if Planetscale + Github + Shopify + Facebook + Booking would form a foundation together and move mySQL forward.

[evanelias → ksec]

The major players tried teaming up 12 years ago but it didn't work out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebScaleSQL

The general response from the community often included complaints of there being too much fragmentation / too many forks, and that situation has only gotten worse since then.

Also MariaDB looks increasingly well-positioned to gain marketshare. They're making some strategic steps to improve MySQL compat and ease-of-migration.

[ksec → evanelias]

Thank You. Didn't know WebScaleSQL exist.

But may be time for PlanetScaleSQL.