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Re:CockroachDB 1.0 by fs111 on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @04:03PM (#14311147)
> - MySQL: A selfish database.

MySQL is named after the founder's daughter "My". The fork is named after his other daughter "Maria": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Widenius#Personal_life

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Re:CockroachDB 1.0 by disconnected on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @04:15PM (#14311244)
I didn't know this. My intention was never to offend, just to try (and apparently, fail) to be funny.
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