Linux distributors have been moving from Oracle's MySQL to its popular fork, MariaDB - and now Google is also moving to MariaDB.

“Today, with the backing of K1, there isn’t that uncertainty anymore.” Ave MariaDB The initial MariaDB project launched in 2009 as a response to MySQL falling under certain corporate ownership.

For developers familiar with MySQL, you've probably heard that MariaDB is the next generation of the database engine. MySQL has long been the traditional database in Linux, ...

MariaDB, the MySQL fork database management system, is throwing down the gauntlet to Oracle by forming a foundation to promote its alternative DBMS software.