Hi, I’m actually the guy you’re trying to respond to but yes that is exactly what I was trying to State

Maria database is free and open source. It uses MySQL format.

All I have to say to you is you’ve clearly never had to unfuck a WordPress that has been fucked by WP engine. They purposely take and obfuscate the open source WordPress environment and make it so their customers are dependent and slaved to only work with them. They can go fuck themselves. Automatic is definitely not being cool about it but they are in the right.