On Mon, 9 Feb 2009, Ed Kohlwey wrote:
Hi Everyone,
We have a presentation confirmed for Mar. 11. I will send out a reminder
that week as well.
Padraig O'Sullivan will present drizzle, a scalable, lightweight fork of
MySQL 6 which is targeted specifically towards cloud computing needs in
mind. Although drizzle sheds many common MySQL features, it adds an
abundance of new functionality including: microkernel architecture, a
plugin framework, and optimization for multi-processor and multi-core
systems.
If you are planning to work in the computer industry after the next 2-5
years, this presentation is highly relevant, if not a must! Please don't
miss out.
Whoa! I plan to work in the computer industry, so I _have_ to know about
MySQL fork-of-the-month? I mean, distributed databases are cool and all,
but I think you're getting a little too excited there...
Also, how can something be lightweight, and at the same time have a
microkernel arhitecture? By the time your technology is complex enough
that you decide you need a microkernel, you are quite a ways from
lightweight, IMO. Now SQLite, that's lightweight.
Alexey
