[Info-vax] MariaDB (Re: OT: what is old is new again?)

[Kerry Main]

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> Of Michael Moroney via Info-vax
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> Cc: Michael Moroney <moroney at world.std.spaamtrap.com>
> Subject: Re: [Info-vax] MariaDB (Re: OT: what is old is new
> again?)
> 
> David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
> 
> >I do seem to recall more than one statement from someone at
> VSI that
> >"there is nobody at VSI that worked on ????".  Now, what good
> is
> >numbers, if not one of them knows the product in question?
> 
> ...
> 
> >But let's just look at this:
> 
> >"which VSI could solve by including MariaDB with OpenVMS"
> 
> >So, tell me, how this would be of any help, if nobody at VSI
had
> a clue
> >about MariaDB?  Not saying they do, or don't.
> 
> >Makes no sense to me, but, then, I don't get out much ....
> 
> We at VSI wear many hats. Some of them get shoved onto our
> heads.  For example, none of us really knew DECnet V. But there
> are customers who use it and we have to support it. I drew the
> short straw so I had to figure out how to build, test and
support it,
> from a bunch of backup images from HP.
> 
> If none of us know X, but we have to do X, we learn X.
> 
> To get something like MariaDB or other such freeware onto VMS,
> the managers have to be convinced that doing so will sell more
> VMS, and to the extent it's worth taking someone's time away
> from important stuff like X86, the 64 bit file system etc.
> 
> I am not saying it's not a good idea, just that VSI is not
ZK3-4 with
> its many occupants.
>

100% agree .. 

VSI needs to focus on the core functions while working with
partners / ISV's / Dev community to develop / support other value
add components. That's the model other platform providers use and
VSI is no different. Same applies to things like graphics.

Hey, opportunity knocks for someone or some company to take on
MariaDB support via paid support contracts ...

Specifically to MariaDB, while it has some industry acceptance,
the issue I have with it is similar to some open source offerings
i.e. no native OpenVMS cluster support. Ok, perhaps someone can
correct me here, but I believe there is some limited shared
nothing MariaDB cluster offerings on Linux only.

I would like to see more emphasis on not just getting Open Source
offerings working on OpenVMS, but also supporting native (shared
disk) clustering e.g. like the Apache Web Server port (supports
active-active native clustering).


Regards,

Kerry Main
Kerry dot main at starkgaming dot com