Author: Robert Silén

  • Why I keep choosing MariaDB

    Richard Bensley

    Users of open source software don’t always share their stories, simply because they are satisfied. That’s why we were delighted to accept an offer from database expert Richard Bensley to share why he has repeatedly used MariaDB over the years. 

    I had a chat with Richard and learnt that he has seen MariaDB as a user, customer, and even an employee of MariaDB. Despite experimenting with other solutions, new and old, his passion for MariaDB and the people behind hasn’t […]

  • Improving MariaDB support in open source projects

    A photorealistic image of a sea lion in the ocean, balancing and supporting many other animals on its back and head.

    As part of MariaDB’s efforts in Adoption, we have been working on support of MariaDB in open source projects. 

    The open source projects we have been looking at range from well known, ready to use projects like WordPress or MediaWiki (that Wikipedia runs on), to under-the-hood solutions like ORMs that connect software with databases for countless other open source and private projects.

    MariaDB is the de facto standard that many projects and users are running. As MariaDB diverges, matures and […]