"This year, Oracle has already tried to placate fears about MySQL's development and adoption, as its apparent stagnation has meant it is ill-positioned for the short-term future. Issues abound, meaning the MySQL community has drafted a written invitation to Oracle to set course for a brighter future. The letter, now published, is seeking a thousand signatures. MySQL's shortcomings are painted in no uncertain terms, stemming from both technical as well as cultural problems."
"MySQL once became the de facto standard for modern web development, being part of the famous LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL and Python, PHP or Perl) for a scalable, performant Web 2.0. It has powered Facebook, YouTube, Uber, GitHub and many more upstarts to this day. However, slow development, paywalled features and a seeming lack of engagement with the outside community have done significant damage."
Oracle has attempted to placate fears about MySQL's development and adoption after apparent stagnation left the engine ill-positioned for the short-term future. The MySQL community drafted a public letter requesting Oracle to set a new course and is seeking a thousand signatures. Shortcomings include technical gaps, paywalled features, and poor community outreach, contributing to a stark drop in adoption. MySQL previously became the de facto standard for modern web development as part of the LAMP stack and powered major platforms. PostgreSQL is rapidly catching up, with extensions like pgvector enabling modern AI workflows. Oracle announced some formerly commercial features will move into the Community Edition.
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