初期のMySQLを作成したMichael 'Monty' Widenius氏が、業界内におけるオープンソースデータベースのハブとして機能することを目的とした業界団体Open Database Alliance（ODA）を設立した。 ベンダーに依存しない同業界団体の設立は米国時間5月13日に発表された。

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Thanks to issues surrounding how to make the open source MySQL databases scale and concerns about Oracle’s ongoing stewardship of the project, interest in an open source MariaDB, which is compatible ...

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