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K1 Acquires Mariadb (www.prnewswire.com)
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[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I've never heard of K1.

Should we expect MariaDB enshittification to ensure?

Strategic investment aims to accelerate MariaDB's mission to deliver innovative, scalable database solutions with new executive leadership to drive the next phase of growth

I'm not reading that as a "no" :(

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod 42 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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_Demigod 7 points 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Exactly. And so it begins.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

How the fuck do you "accelerate" something they are already achieving?

Not sure how much of a future it can have even if you slap on some "speed".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Hopefully it means more people working on it. But honestly, I use Postgres, so it doesn't particularly matter to me what "accelerate" means for them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They plan to send the mission into orbit using an North Korean missile, for maximum acceleration.

/S

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

So MariaDB will explode halfway to Japan?