Archive for 'Database'
Will MySQL Keep Lighting up LAMP?
For an executive who had just had his company bought for a cool billion a few months ago and was on the eve of announcing a major update to his business’ flagship database program, former MySQL CEO Marten Mickos, now Sun Microsystems’ senior vice president for databases, didn’t look comfortable. Mickos had come to the [...]
Posted: April 17th, 2008 under Business, Database, Linux, Operating System, Sun.
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Sun`s Best Buy Ever: MySQL
Some people can’t believe Sun actually spent a billion dollars for MySQL; I can’t believe they got such a great deal.
If you believe my long-time colleague John C. Dvorak, Sun purchasing open-source database power MySQL was “perhaps the worst single event I have ever witnessed in the history of tech mergers and acquisitions.” Nonsense! This [...]
Posted: January 29th, 2008 under Business, Database, Sun.
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Relational Databases: The Real Story
Did anyone else notice a few months ago when every food product in the land was advertised as “Light?” It didn’t matter a darn if there was any truth to their claims. Light was the new hype phrase and so everyone used it.
Breakfast cereals, margarines, and even ice creams were all advertised [...]
Posted: September 1st, 1990 under Database.
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