• Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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    426 days ago

    MariaDB is actually two separate entities: The company MariaDB and the MariaDB organization. The company sells enterprise licenses and support, and the organization manages the actual development. So there’s a little separation that will at least slow the enshittification.

    • Admiral Patrick
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      106 days ago

      Ah, good to know.

      I did know there were two sides of it (we explored MariaDB Enterprise at work, but unfortunately it didn’t pan out).

      Any more, I just assume one company buying any other always results in a worse experience post-sale.

      • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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        76 days ago

        MariaDB tried to go public a while back and their stock price tanked immediately and never recovered. If they hadn’t gotten acquired I imagine they’d have gone out of business.