> Well, he had to say *something* after IBM and Microsoft had such cool > things to announce and discuss. Assuming the past record of 3-5 > years on average between releases, the "next couple releases" will > take 6-15 years or so. Personally, by that time I'll be expecting > artificial intelligence, rather than just *autonomy*. Of course, I'm > also expecting to be dead, too...
nah, you're too young to die in 15 years... --- Tim Gorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good post, Kirti! > > Quote... > > "Oracle Corp. says its customers are moving toward data stores of > huge size and complexity, spread over multiple locations. The company > says its products will not only evolve to handle those kinds of jobs, > but will also do them extraordinarily well. "Over the next couple of > releases, we'll see essentially fully autonomous databases," says > Robert Shimp, vice president of database marketing." > > --- > > Well, he had to say *something* after IBM and Microsoft had such cool > things to announce and discuss. Assuming the past record of 3-5 > years on average between releases, the "next couple releases" will > take 6-15 years or so. Personally, by that time I'll be expecting > artificial intelligence, rather than just *autonomy*. Of course, I'm > also expecting to be dead, too... > > It's clear that the basic research efforts by both IBM and Microsoft > continue to bear fruit. IBM has a decades-old tradition of pushing > its people to PhD research, while Microsoft has just gotten started > relatively recently. To my knowledge, Oracle does not have a similar > program within, does it? > > Nevertheless, Oracle has made a living exploiting publicly available > basic research (starting with its origins) and luring people from > elsewhere (remember Informix's lawsuit some years ago?). As IBM, > AT&T, and Xerox will attest, its really tough to keep basic research > under wraps for exploitation... > > Still, LEO and "stream queries" aren't necessary very far off in > Oracle. Well, maybe LEO is, but not "stream queries" when you > consider the underlying aspects of external tables... > > ----- Original Message ----- > To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 6:28 AM > > > > Interesting article on Query Optimization research.. > > > http://www.computerworld.com/databasetopics/data/software/story/0,10801,7316 > > 4,00.html > > > > - Kirti > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > > -- > > Author: Deshpande, Kirti > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing > Lists > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > > also send the HELP command for other information (like > subscribing). > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Rachel Carmichael INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
