Google commences another assault on the traditional database community
Posted by tibbetts Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:32:19 GMT
Many in the blogosphere noticed when Stonebraker and Dewitt at The Database Column took offense at the idea that map-reduce is the solution to many of life's problems. The idea that a simple idea, promoted by a services company, can blow away 20+ years of distributed database research, bothers them for some reason. Sure, it may not be the best solution to every problem, but it is a sufficient solution to many problems.
Google is quietly at it again, this time with the Google AppEngine.
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