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throwaway19972
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Better than using a distinct name for a mostly-identical project or effort (looking at you, MariaDB).
concerndc1tizen
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"MariaDB is named after Widenius' younger daughter, Maria. (MySQL is named after his other daughter, My.)" (Wikipedia)
brightbeige
11 months ago
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Widenius
throwaway19972
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(No insult intended to Maria or Michael, it's a lovely name in itself.)
SahAssar
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Are you suggesting that they should have used a name that might lead Oracle to sue them instead of being clearly differentiated?
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