

MariaDB is Open Source whereas MySQL uses some proprietary code in its Enterprise Edition. For example, i worked with MySQL a long time until i finally understood that the database manager in some servers wasn't exactly what i always though it was. Progressively, you will end up understanding how some components of the tool work. This is someway counterproductive if you don't have any idea of what's happening on the background (that happened to me for at least a year). Xampp is without a doubt one of those tools that help you out configuring an environment where you can work with Apache, MySQL and PHP in matter of minutes without so much hassle. Unfortunately, there's a lot of people like me that loves to work with tools that are ready to use locally.
