[dba-Tech] Microsoft bails on Dryad and moved to Haroop

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

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Andersen
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 12:40 PM
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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
> 
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