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Simon J Mudd @sjmudd
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An Open Letter to Oracle: Let’s Talk About MySQL’s Future percona.com/blog/an-open-let…

An Open Letter to Oracle: Let's Talk About MySQL's Future

An Open Letter to Oracle: Let's Talk About MySQL's Future. Read practical tips and expert insights on open source database performance, reliability, and.

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planetmysql@planetmysql
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Let’s Rebuild the MySQL Community Together ift.tt/liPrXBg

Let's Rebuild the MySQL Community Together

Let's grow the MySQL community as a vendor-neutral organization and run conferences, support developers, fund projects, and build tools to keep MySQL strong, secure, and open source for everyone who...

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Jean-François Gagné@jfg956
11 Nov 2024
I am on the #FOSDEM #MySQL DevRoom Committee, you have until December 1st (2024) to send you talk submission. And by submitting there, you might also have the chance to talk at the fringe event Pre-FOSDEM MySQL Belgian Days ! mysqlandfriends.eu/post/fosd…

FOSDEM 2025 MySQL Devroom – call for participation

We are pleased to announce the Call for Participation (CfP) for the FOSDEM 2025 MySQL Devroom. The Devroom will be held on February 2 (Sunday), 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. The submission deadline fo…

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Simon J Mudd@sjmudd
1 Nov 2024
Interesting post from Peter: How Can MySQL Catch Up with PostgreSQL’s Momentum? percona.com/blog/how-can-mys…. Adding more hooks via the component infrastructure into MySQL might be a great way to make it more extensible.

How Can MySQL Catch Up with PostgreSQL's Momentum?

Why does MySQL remain so popular and widely used, even as PostgreSQL's popularity surges? Peter Zaitsev weighs in.

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Simon J Mudd@sjmudd
4 Oct 2024
MMUG25: Cómo Booking.com usa MySQL / Operador de Kubernetes para MySQL meetup.com/madrid-mysql-user… #Meetup via @Meetup Come and see us on Monday.
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lefred - @lefredbe.bsky.social@lefred
3 Oct 2024
State of the Dolphin 🐬 during #MySQL Tech Tour Italia 🇮🇹 in Milano
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lefred - @lefredbe.bsky.social@lefred
3 Oct 2024
Did you know that booking started with PostgreSQL but had to move away and migrated to #MySQL for scalability reasons ? 🐬
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Simon J Mudd@sjmudd
4 Feb 2024
This was a disappointment. It's good to bring up the concern: In Search of Transparency at FOSDEM percona.com/blog/in-search-o…. Hoping to take part in 2025.

In Search of Transparency at FOSDEM

Peter Zaitsev raises some concerns about the lack of transparency regarding the rejection of the MySQL Devroom application at FOSDEM 2024.

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lefred - @lefredbe.bsky.social@lefred
1 Feb 2024
Mohammed and Martin from @bookingcom are closing day 1️⃣ of #MySQLBelgianDays2024 🐬🇧🇪 talking about hot to run MySQL on 3 different platforms !!
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MySQL Community Team@mysql_community
2 Feb 2024
#MySQL's 30th anniversary next year! Preparing for this milestone at #MySQLBelgianDays2024! #MySQLCommunity
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Simon J Mudd@sjmudd
22 Nov 2023
An interesting day This is me talking yesterday in a fireside chat at the Percona Open Source Database Conference in Madrid with @peppla and others. @mysql @Percona @mariadb
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Simon J Mudd@sjmudd
20 Oct 2023
I'll be presenting Automation to Run MySQL at Scale at booking.com at a meetup in Barcelona on the 25th of October. Come and join us if you want to know more. meetup.com/real-time-data-at…
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lefred - @lefredbe.bsky.social@lefred
23 May 2023
Replying to @Mohamme07249910
@Mohamme07249910 presenting the journey to @MySQL Group Replication at @bookingcom #MySQL #PerconaLive
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Peter Zaitsev
@PeterZaitsev
4 Feb 2023
First year after pandemic, FOSDEM is back to the full swing with standing rooms only #fosdem #opensource
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Percona Community@PerconaBytes
4 Feb 2023
Peter Zaitsev @PeterZaitsev says that #cloudnative is going strong nowadays #Percona #opensource
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Percona Community@PerconaBytes
4 Feb 2023
Peter Zaitsev is talking about distributed storage in the #cloud. #FOSDEM2023 #Percona #opensource
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lefred - @lefredbe.bsky.social@lefred
3 Feb 2023
Replying to @rene_cannao
@rene_cannao presenting the new features of @proxysql 2.5.0 @MySQL preFOSDEM Days #MySQLDay #MySQL #fosdem
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3 Feb 2023
Thats the award
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2 Feb 2023
Great to be at a #MySQLDay after some time now and discuss #MySQL topics again with peers. Talks from different people (and colleagues) providing insights into the current MySQL landscape.
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MySQL
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22 Sep 2022
[MySQL Day Madrid] Full house. Thanks to the Universidad Complutense de Madrid for the testimonial and to the Spanish dolphins for managing the event. #MySQL #MySQLHeatWave #Madrid
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