<s>
MariaDB	B-Application
is	O
a	O
community-developed	O
,	O
commercially	O
supported	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
the	O
MySQL	B-Application
relational	B-Application
database	I-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
RDBMS	B-Application
)	O
,	O
intended	O
to	O
remain	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
is	O
led	O
by	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
developers	O
of	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
who	O
forked	O
it	O
due	O
to	O
concerns	O
over	O
its	O
acquisition	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MariaDB	B-Application
is	O
intended	O
to	O
maintain	O
high	O
compatibility	O
with	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
with	O
library	O
binary	O
parity	O
and	O
exact	O
matching	O
with	O
MySQL	B-Application
APIs	B-Application
and	O
commands	O
,	O
allowing	O
it	O
in	O
many	O
cases	O
to	O
function	O
as	O
drop-in	O
replacement	O
for	O
MySQL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
new	O
storage	B-General_Concept
engines	I-General_Concept
like	O
Aria	B-Application
,	O
ColumnStore	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
MyRocks	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
lead	O
developer/CTO	O
is	O
Michael	O
"	O
Monty	O
"	O
Widenius	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
founders	O
of	O
MySQL	B-Application
AB	O
and	O
the	O
founder	O
of	O
Monty	O
Program	O
AB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
16	O
January	O
2008	O
,	O
MySQL	B-Application
AB	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
agreed	O
to	O
be	O
acquired	O
by	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
for	O
approximately	O
$1	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sun	O
was	O
then	O
bought	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MariaDB	B-Application
is	O
named	O
after	O
Widenius	O
 '	O
younger	O
daughter	O
,	O
Maria	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
MySQL	B-Application
is	O
named	O
after	O
his	O
other	O
daughter	O
,	O
My	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
MariaDB	B-Application
version	O
numbers	O
follow	O
MySQL	B-Application
's	O
numbering	O
scheme	O
up	O
to	O
version	O
5.5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
exists	O
a	O
gap	O
in	O
MySQL	B-Application
versions	O
between	O
5.1	O
and	O
5.5	O
,	O
while	O
MariaDB	B-Application
issued	O
5.2	O
and	O
5.3	O
point	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
specific	O
new	O
features	O
have	O
been	O
developed	O
in	O
MariaDB	B-Application
,	O
the	O
developers	O
decided	O
that	O
a	O
major	O
version	O
number	O
change	O
was	O
necessary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MariaDB	B-Application
Foundation	O
mentions:MariaDB	O
Server	O
will	O
remain	O
Free	B-License
and	I-License
Open	I-License
Source	I-License
Software	I-License
licensed	O
under	O
GPLv2	B-License
,	O
independent	O
of	O
any	O
commercial	O
entities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MariaDB	B-Application
's	O
API	B-Application
and	O
protocol	O
are	O
compatible	O
with	O
those	O
used	O
by	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
plus	O
some	O
features	O
to	O
support	O
native	O
non-blocking	O
operations	O
and	O
progress	O
reporting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
means	O
that	O
all	O
connectors	O
,	O
libraries	O
and	O
applications	O
which	O
work	O
with	O
MySQL	B-Application
should	O
also	O
work	O
on	O
MariaDB	B-Application
—	O
whether	O
or	O
not	O
they	O
support	O
its	O
native	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
this	O
basis	O
,	O
Fedora	O
developers	O
replaced	O
MySQL	B-Application
with	O
MariaDB	B-Application
in	O
Fedora	O
19	O
,	O
out	O
of	O
concerns	O
that	O
Oracle	B-Application
was	O
making	O
MySQL	B-Application
a	O
more	O
closed	O
software	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenBSD	B-Operating_System
likewise	O
in	O
April	O
2013	O
dropped	O
MySQL	B-Application
for	O
MariaDB	B-Application
5.5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
for	O
recent	O
MySQL	B-Application
features	O
,	O
MariaDB	B-Application
either	O
has	O
no	O
equivalent	O
yet	O
(	O
like	O
geographic	O
function	O
)	O
or	O
deliberately	O
chose	O
not	O
to	O
be	O
100%	O
compatible	O
(	O
like	O
GTID	O
,	O
JSON	B-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MariaDB	B-Application
is	O
used	O
at	O
ServiceNow	B-General_Concept
,	O
DBS	O
Bank	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
,	O
since	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
Wikimedia	O
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	O
and	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
include	O
MariaDB	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
default	O
to	O
MariaDB	B-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
Arch	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Manjaro	B-Application
,	O
Debian	O
(	O
from	O
Debian	O
9	O
)	O
,	O
Fedora	O
(	O
from	O
Fedora	O
19	O
)	O
,	O
Red	O
Hat	O
Enterprise	O
Linux	B-Application
(	O
from	O
RHEL	O
7	O
in	O
June	O
2014	O
)	O
,	O
CentOS	O
(	O
from	O
CentOS	O
7	O
)	O
,	O
Mageia	O
(	O
from	O
Mageia	O
2	O
)	O
,	O
openSUSE	B-Operating_System
(	O
from	O
openSUSE	B-Operating_System
12.3	O
Dartmouth	O
)	O
,	O
SUSE	O
Linux	B-Application
Enterprise	O
Server	O
(	O
from	O
SLES	O
12	O
)	O
,	O
Slackware	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
(	O
from	O
Slackware	B-Application
14.1	O
)	O
,	O
OpenBSD	B-Operating_System
(	O
from	O
5.7	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MariaDB	B-Application
Foundation	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2012	O
to	O
oversee	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
MariaDB	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
CEO	O
of	O
the	O
MariaDB	B-Application
Foundation	O
is	O
Kaj	O
Arnö	O
since	O
February	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
notable	O
sponsors	O
of	O
MariaDB	B-Application
Foundation	O
are	O
Alibaba	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
,	O
Tencent	O
Cloud	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
MariaDB	B-Application
Corporation	O
Ab	O
,	O
ServiceNow	B-General_Concept
,	O
Schaffhausen	O
Institute	O
of	O
Technology	O
,	O
IBM	O
,	O
and	O
DBS	O
Bank	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
tasked	O
one	O
of	O
its	O
engineers	O
to	O
work	O
at	O
the	O
MariaDB	B-Application
Foundation	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2012	O
Michael	O
Widenius	O
,	O
David	O
Axmark	O
,	O
and	O
Allan	O
Larsson	O
announced	O
the	O
formation	O
of	O
a	O
foundation	O
that	O
would	O
oversee	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
MariaDB	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
founding	O
in	O
2013	O
the	O
Foundation	O
wished	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
governance	O
model	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
used	O
by	O
the	B-Application
Eclipse	I-Application
Foundation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Board	O
appointed	O
the	B-Application
Eclipse	I-Application
Foundation	I-Application
's	O
Executive	O
Director	O
Mike	O
Milinkovich	O
as	O
an	O
advisor	O
to	O
lead	O
the	O
transition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MariaDB	B-Application
Foundation	O
's	O
first	O
sponsor	O
and	O
member	O
was	O
MariaDB	B-Application
Corporation	O
Ab	O
that	O
joined	O
in	O
2014	O
after	O
initial	O
agreements	O
on	O
the	O
division	O
of	O
ownership	O
and	O
roles	O
between	O
the	O
MariaDB	B-Application
Foundation	O
and	O
MariaDB	B-Application
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MariaDB	B-Application
is	O
a	O
registered	O
trademark	O
of	O
MariaDB	B-Application
Corporation	O
Ab	O
,	O
used	O
under	O
license	O
by	O
the	O
MariaDB	B-Application
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MariaDB	B-Application
Corporation	O
Ab	O
was	O
originally	O
founded	O
in	O
2010	O
as	O
SkySQL	B-Application
Corporation	O
Ab	O
,	O
but	O
changed	O
name	O
in	O
2014	O
to	O
reflect	O
its	O
role	O
as	O
the	O
main	O
driving	O
force	O
behind	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
MariaDB	B-Application
server	O
and	O
the	O
biggest	O
support-provider	O
for	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Foundation	O
CEO	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Simon	B-Language
Phipps	I-Language
quit	O
in	O
2014	O
on	O
the	O
sale	O
of	O
the	O
MariaDB	B-Application
trademark	O
to	O
SkySQL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simon	B-Language
Phipps	I-Language
was	O
CEO	O
of	O
the	O
Foundation	O
from	O
April	O
2013	O
to	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
,	O
the	O
development	O
activities	O
around	O
MariaDB	B-Application
were	O
based	O
entirely	O
on	O
open	O
source	O
and	O
non-commercial	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
build	O
a	O
global	O
business	O
,	O
MariaDB	B-Application
Corporation	O
Ab	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2010	O
by	O
Patrik	O
Backman	O
,	O
Ralf	O
Wahlsten	O
,	O
Kaj	O
Arnö	O
,	O
Max	O
Mether	O
,	O
Ulf	O
Sandberg	O
,	O
Mick	O
Carney	O
and	O
Michael	O
"	O
Monty	O
"	O
Widenius	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
CEO	O
of	O
MariaDB	B-Application
Corporation	O
is	O
Michael	O
Howard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MariaDB	B-Application
Corporation	O
Ab	O
was	O
formed	O
after	O
a	O
merger	O
between	O
SkySQL	B-Application
Corporation	O
Ab	O
and	O
Monty	O
Program	O
on	O
23	O
April	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subsequently	O
,	O
the	O
name	O
was	O
changed	O
on	O
1	O
October	O
2014	O
to	O
reflect	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
role	O
as	O
the	O
main	O
driving	O
force	O
behind	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
MariaDB	B-Application
Server	O
and	O
the	O
largest	O
support-provider	O
for	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MariaDB	B-Application
Corporation	O
Ab	O
announced	O
in	O
February	O
2022	O
its	O
intention	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
publicly	O
listed	O
company	O
on	O
the	O
New	O
York	O
Stock	O
Exchange	O
(	O
NYSE	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MariaDB	B-Application
Corporation	O
Ab	O
is	O
a	O
contributor	O
to	O
the	O
MariaDB	B-Application
Server	O
,	O
develops	O
the	O
MariaDB	B-Application
database	O
connectors	O
(	O
C	B-Language
,	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
Java	O
7	O
,	O
Java	O
8	O
,	O
Node.js	B-Language
,	O
ODBC	B-Application
,	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
R2DBC	O
)	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
MariaDB	B-Application
Enterprise	O
Platform	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
MariaDB	B-Application
Enterprise	O
Server	O
,	O
optimized	O
for	O
production	O
deployments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MariaDB	B-Application
Enterprise	O
Platform	O
includes	O
MariaDB	B-Application
MaxScale	O
,	O
an	O
advanced	O
database	O
proxy	O
,	O
MariaDB	B-Application
ColumnStore	B-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
columnar	O
storage	B-General_Concept
engine	I-General_Concept
for	O
interactive	O
ad	O
hoc	O
analytics	O
,	O
MariaDB	B-Application
Xpand	O
,	O
a	O
distributed	B-Language
SQL	I-Language
storage	B-General_Concept
engine	I-General_Concept
for	O
massive	O
transactional	O
scalability	O
,	O
and	O
MariaDB	B-Application
Enterprise	O
Server	O
,	O
an	O
enhanced	O
,	O
hardened	O
and	O
secured	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
community	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MariaDB	B-Application
Corporation	O
offers	O
the	O
MariaDB	B-Application
Enterprise	O
Platform	O
in	O
the	O
cloud	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
SkySQL	B-Application
,	O
a	O
database-as-a-service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SkySQL	B-Application
general	O
availability	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
March	O
31	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
database-as-a-service	O
offering	O
from	O
MariaDB	B-Application
is	O
a	O
managed	O
cloud	O
service	O
on	O
Google	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
Platform	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
SkySQL	B-Application
is	O
a	O
hybrid	O
database	O
offering	O
that	O
includes	O
a	O
column	B-Application
family	I-Application
store	O
,	O
object	B-Application
store	I-Application
,	O
distributed	B-Language
SQL	I-Language
database	O
with	O
both	O
a	O
transactional	O
and	O
analytical	O
query	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
benefits	O
of	O
using	O
this	O
offering	O
vs	O
Amazon	O
RDS	O
or	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Azure	I-Application
Database	O
's	O
MariaDB	B-Application
services	O
offerings	O
are	O
versioning	O
(	O
SkySQL	B-Application
ensures	O
users	O
are	O
on	O
the	O
most	O
recent	O
product	O
release	O
)	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
having	O
analytics	O
and	O
transactional	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MariaDB	B-Application
Corporation	O
has	O
been	O
funded	O
with	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
$123M	O
combined	O
in	O
its	O
A-series	O
funding	O
round	O
in	O
2012	O
,	O
B-series	O
in	O
2013-2016	O
and	O
C-series	O
in	O
2017	O
–	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
initial	O
A-series	O
investors	O
in	O
MariaDB	B-Application
Corporation	O
Ab	O
were	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
Alibaba	O
led	O
the	O
C-series	O
with	O
a	O
$27M	O
investment	O
into	O
MariaDB	B-Application
in	O
addition	O
to	O
a	O
€25M	O
investment	O
by	O
the	O
European	O
Investment	O
Bank	O
.	O
</s>
