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isn't that's the point of open source software? like when Oracle bought Sun. someone forked mysql and created mariadb.
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"Someone" was the original mysql creator. It was a brilliant way to get Oracle cash then havr his own company. Getting a cake, and eat it too.

Indeed, and how much has it kept the pace versus the alternatives?

Also, the survivors are the exception, not the rule.




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