Re: Facebook Trapped In MySQL a 'Fate Worse Than Death'

2011-07-19 Thread Rob Wultsch
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Daevid Vincent wrote: > http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/07/09/1256241/Facebook-Trapped-In-My > SQL-a-Fate-Worse-Than-Death > > "According to database pioneer Michael Stonebraker, Facebook is operating a > huge, complex MySQL implementation equivalent to 'a

Re: Facebook Trapped In MySQL a 'Fate Worse Than Death'

2011-07-12 Thread Michael Cole
He is pushing his own products here, Looking at other implications of moving to a NoSQL system I would stay with an SQL system. NoSql has its place, but maybe not in such an environment. http://blogs.adobe.com/asset/2011/04/nosql-but-even-less-security.html Regards Michael Cole. On Wednesda

Re: Facebook Trapped In MySQL a 'Fate Worse Than Death'

2011-07-12 Thread Hank
Given the choice between doing right the first time, or having the second largest site on the internet, I'll take the latter, and deal with the problems of not doing it right the first time. -Hank On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 10:45 AM, Jerry Schwartz wrote: > Let this be a lesson to all of those d

Re: Facebook Trapped In MySQL a 'Fate Worse Than Death'

2011-07-12 Thread Peter Brawley
On 7/12/2011 9:45 AM, Jerry Schwartz wrote: Let this be a lesson to all of those designers who say "That will never happen." "Let this be a lesson to all of those designers who say ''That will never happen'" will never happen. :-) PB - Regards, Jerry Schwartz Global Information Incorpor

RE: Facebook Trapped In MySQL a 'Fate Worse Than Death'

2011-07-12 Thread Jerry Schwartz
Let this be a lesson to all of those designers who say "That will never happen." Regards, Jerry Schwartz Global Information Incorporated 195 Farmington Ave. Farmington, CT 06032 860.674.8796 / FAX: 860.674.8341 E-mail: je...@gii.co.jp Web site: www.the-infoshop.com -- MySQL General Mailin

Re: Facebook Trapped In MySQL a 'Fate Worse Than Death'

2011-07-12 Thread Per Jessen
Daevid Vincent wrote: > http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/07/09/1256241/Facebook-Trapped-In-My > SQL-a-Fate-Worse-Than-Death > > "According to database pioneer Michael Stonebraker, Facebook is > operating a huge, complex MySQL implementation equivalent to 'a fate > worse than death,' and t

Re: Facebook Trapped In MySQL a 'Fate Worse Than Death'

2011-07-11 Thread Claudio Nanni
Google, Facebook, Twitter if you want and others are pioneers of this era, I think they have also money to invest in research, in fact they hire the very talented people. I think it is part of the game trial&error, and honestly I dont see many alternatives to MySQL, especially when they started. Th