Off Topic 2020-06-05

The Extra Mile

Matthew 5:41

In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads:
And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.

The World English Bible translates the passage as:
Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.

Scholarly versions of this verse refer to a practice of impressment by the Roman law on Jews. Any Roman soldier could order a Jewish civilian on the way to carry his baggage, mainly containing armory, for one Roman mile. A roman mile is roughly 1.45 kilometers. This was a painful task, as the poor unlucky fellow would carry 40-50 kilograms of weight. Once the mile is over, the servant could drop it and get relieved.
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MySQL and MariaDB

Why is the Software Called MariaDB?
The ‚MySQL‘ name is trademarked by Oracle, and they have chosen to keep that trademark to themselves. The name MySQL (just like the MyISAM storage engine) comes from Monty’s first daughter My. The first part of ‚MySQL‘ is pronounced like the English adjective, even if this doesn’t match the correct pronunciation of the Finnish name.

MariaDB continues this tradition by being named after his younger daughter, Maria.

The name Maria was initially given to a storage engine. After MariaDB was started, to avoid confusion, it was renamed to Aria. The new name was decided as a result of a contest.
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Monty = Ulf Michael „Monty“ Widenius is the main author of the original version of the open source MySQL database, a founding member of the MySQL AB company and CTO of the MariaDB Corporation AB.
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