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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: david_si who wrote (47113)	6/21/2000 5:57:00 PM
From: Tony Viola	Respond to of 74651

David, with your permission, I will copy your post to the Intel thread. Tony

To: david_si who wrote (47113)	6/21/2000 6:31:00 PM
From: SunSpot	Respond to of 74651

Hmmm... I doubt you talk about 64-bit Windows 2000. You must be talking about something named Windows 2001 or 2002.

To: david_si who wrote (47113)	6/21/2000 6:42:00 PM
From: SunSpot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

OT: To me it seems that SQL-based database systems lose more and more database market share in favor of old-fashioned API based databases, based on SOAP, MIDAS, CORBA and other technologies, where SQL is not involved, and where data processing and storage easily distributes across several computers without the need of clustering software. Examples: - MySQL: No transaction capabilities in this SQL server. - SOAP, CORBA etc: Retrieve data using HTTP. Stateless. - MIDAS: From Inprise, makes it possible to have extreme numbers of clients to a database server. - DBISAM, B-Trees, db-libraries, FlashFiler, dBase files, Paradox etc. Extremely fast and works. This is what makes Microsoft Outlook Express fast. - Distributed databases like search Engines (Google, Altavista). Might be based on SQL, but that's not the point. - Microsoft wants people to use ADO instead of ODBC. ODBC is SQL-based, whereas ADO gives direct access to recordsets with no SQL involved, at a much better speed. I believe that the reasons for the return to non-SQL databases connects with the fact, that SQL is simply not good enough for specialized databases or databases with extreme performance requirements. We use less and less SQL in our projects with great success.