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0 pointsLeFantome3y ago0 comments

MySQL is named after the founder’s daughter—My ( pronounced me by the way ). He sold it to Oracle and then, because it was Open Source, he forked it to create MariaDB. The name of his other daughter is Maria.

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deafpolygon3y ago

Wait what? The same guy who made MySQL sold it to Oracle, then forked THAT code, started a new company on the same codebase then now is going public?

user_named3y ago

It's not pronounced Me, it's not English. But let's excuse your americanism.

unethical_ban3y ago

No one I know had ever pronounced it Me. How did you come to the conclusion this non existent thing was an Americanism?

gboone3y ago

I think the reference is to the daughter's name, not the product. Previous discussion regarding name:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12203571

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