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[–] Nsh@lemmy.ca 46 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The creator of MySQL, MaxDB and MariaDB named them after his children My, Max and Maria, so why not

[–] dan@upvote.au 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

after his children My

I thought you were kidding, but his daughter is actually named "My".

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 13 points 1 year ago

It helps that it's a name in another language (Finnish), where “my” isn't a word, at all.

[–] thank_me_its_friday@feddit.de 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] WindInTrees@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Hi, it's me, Mongo.