Since then, there has been a U-turn from MariaDB. It announced that MariaDB Community Server 12.3 would continue to include Galera Cluster libraries. Galera is licensed under GPLv2.

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Are you worried about missing out on running workloads on older versions of MySQL after the community ends official support? Well, there’s finally some good news for you. Microsoft today announced a ...

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MySQL is one of the world’s most widely used database management systems. It is easy to install and use and is usually free. Here’s how to use it. In our previous post, we took you through the basic ...