Hosting the Future of Open Source with MariaDB: Roger Williams, Kinsta

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Join Kaj Arnö, Executive Chairman of the MariaDB Foundation, in conversation with Roger Williams, Partnership & Community Manager at Kinsta.

In this interview, Roger shares Kinsta’s journey as a managed WordPress hosting company, his role in building partnerships and engaging with open-source communities, and why Kinsta relies on MariaDB exclusively across its WordPress hosting platform.

Topics covered:

What Kinsta is and how it started

The importance of partnerships and community in open source

Why open source is “free as in freedom, not free as in beer”

How users — not just developers — can meaningfully contribute

Kinsta’s perspective on MariaDB vs. MySQL and the value of forking

Why MariaDB “just works” for WordPress hosting

How sponsoring and supporting open source benefits everyone

This conversation highlights not only MariaDB’s resilience and reliability, but also the importance of community participation in keeping the open web strong.

Learn more about Kinsta: https://kinsta.com

Learn more about MariaDB Foundation: https://mariadb.org