Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Thu Nov 17 16:46:49 CST 2011
I truly believe that MS does not have the power to affect the markets, any more; so any chaos created will be to their undoing. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Hans-Christian Andersen Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 12:40 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft bails on Dryad and moved to Haroop Let's see about that. Microsoft has a long history of "embrace and extend" (and extinguish) - adopt an open standard, apply their own proprietary extensions, and, because of their overall dominance, kill off competitors by co-opting the standard or making what was once a standard now a tangled mess. They even invented the term, so it's just a matter of time before we see if this leopard has truly changed its spots. I personally doubt it. As a recent example, the whole ODF debacle rings a bell. - Hans On 2011-11-17, at 12:04 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Microsoft have quit on it venture into the internet framework world and > decided to adopt the new super engine database of Hadoop. Along with this > re-structuring, a number of the tools, like LINQ and associated apps have > either been abandoned or their future is in question. > > http://tinyurl.com/6tm857j > > I think it is a good move for Microsoft to stop trying to force the internet > to adapt to their proprietary products and finally accepted the reality of > the Open Source leader of NoSQL database giant. > > I applaud the new MS direction. > > Jim > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com