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Federation in the MySQL empire

Marten Micklos, CEO of MySQL, gave a recent speech speculating about a big federated ?database in the sky,? providing all sorts of Web 2.0 benefits. Apparently, the idea isn?t at all fleshed out yet. Even so, I have a nagging suspicion he?s pointing in somewhat the wrong direction. That?s because I think federating relational [...]

MySQL: Planet MySQL

Vendor segmentation for data warehouse DBMS

Several vendors are offering links to Gartner’s new Magic Quadrant report on data warehouse DBMS. Somewhat atypically for Gartner, there’s a strict hierarchy among most of the vendors, with Teradata > IBM > Oracle > Microsoft > Sybase > Kognitio > MySQL > Sand, in each case on both axes of the matrix. [...]

MySQL: Planet MySQL

Solid?s MySQL engine

Solid Information Technology is making the beta of its MySQL engine available for download midday on Tuesday. So I talked with them today, mercifully unembargoed. Here?s the story. Solid is taking its existing core DBMS engine, and open sourcing it, which I presume means the code has been or is being: Checked [...]

MySQL: Planet MySQL

Solid/MySQL fit and positioning

I felt like writing a lot about the great potential fit between MySQL and Solid over the weekend, but Solid didn’t want me to do so. Now, however, I’m not in the mood, so I’ll just say that in OLTP, Solid’s technology is strong where MySQL’s is weak, and vice-versa. E.g., Solid [...]

MySQL: Planet MySQL

More on Solid and MySQL?

In a stunningly self-defeating move, my friends at Solid have decided that anything about their already-leaked possible cooperation with MySQL is embargoed. Indeed, they’ve emphasized to me multiple times that they do not wish me to write about it. I shall honor their wishes. I hope they are pleased with the sophistication and insight of the [...]

MySQL: Planet MySQL