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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At first I thought it was simply a play on the pronunciation, as in "MySQL" (my sequel) would be "my child", but... nope "My" is literally his daughter's name

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And we can’t forget MariaDB

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

There's also a MaxDB named after his son, guy's a genius.