# An Interview about MariaDB and PostgreSQL

DevFeed: [An Interview about MariaDB and PostgreSQL](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/an-interview-about-mariadb-and-postgresql-34522.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://tapoueh.org/blog/2013/10/an-interview-about-mariadb-and-postgresql/>)

Author: Dimitri Fontaine PostgreSQL Major Contributor; Author

Published: 2013-10-16T19:07:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Dimitri Fontaine](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/dimitri-fontaine.md>)

Topics: [MariaDB](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mariadb.md>), [PostgreSQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/postgresql.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [drop-in](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/drop-in.md>), [innovation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/innovation.md>), [interview](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interview.md>), [mariadb](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mariadb.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [postgresql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgresql.md>), [video](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/video.md>)

## AI overview

The article presents an Open World Forum interview about the current state of MariaDB and PostgreSQL. It describes MariaDB as a fully open-source, drop-in replacement for MySQL and notes progress and innovation around it, while characterizing PostgreSQL as "YeSQL."

## Source excerpt

At the Open World Forum two weeks ago I had the pleasure to meet with Colin Charles. We had a nice talk about the current state of both MariaDB and PostgreSQL, and even were both interviewed by the Open World Forum Team. The interview is now available online. Dear French readers, it's in English. Here's the video: Executive Summary: MariaDB is a drop-in fully Open Source replacement for MySQL and sees quite some progress and innovation being made, and PostgreSQL is YeSQL!