> The "we/you can just fork it" argument really doesn't work out.
Worked pretty well for MySQL.
Worked pretty well for MySQL.
Even so, MySQL was one of the biggest gratis databases, and it happened to be bought by a company that specialized in selling established enterprise database software. There was concern RE the support a gratis database would have under such a company.
The situation that created MariaDB is very specific, and very different to the one Node.js is in.