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MySql == DB2. That was the plan. Now IBM needs Plan B
- SwellJoe 18y agoThe referenced but not linked Cringely article: http://www.cringely.com/2009/04/sunset/ http://www.cringely.com/2009/04/sunset/
- ableal 18y agoYeah, thanks, I should have tossed it in here. The current one is good too: http://www.cringely.com/2009/05/the-sequel-dilemma/ http://www.cringely.com/2009/05/the-sequel-dilemma/ (I think it was submitted by someone else who doesn't believe in ... erm ... 'fortified' headlines, and promptly drowned in the waves of this week's WSJ/etc news - not that this one has swum any distance ;-)
- ableal 18y agoSome background in the author's previous post: http://drcoddwasright.blogspot.com/2009/04/sunrise-sunset-game-set-match.html http://drcoddwasright.blogspot.com/2009/04/sunrise-sunset-ga... Note final line: "adapting to SSD should only be a baby step away."
- joshu 18y agoI was under the impression that DB/2 was actually quite good.
- ableal 18y agoSome people feel rather bitter about DB2's luck: http://www.cringely.com/2009/04/sunset/comment-page-1/#comment-2857 http://www.cringely.com/2009/04/sunset/comment-page-1/#comme... Robert Young's posts (the ones I linked) merely note it's a different species - but I suppose both rhinos and hippos are rather effective at trampling things ...