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The Future of Databases

Posted by timothy on from the your-flight-status-is-'maybe' dept.

gManZboy writes "Ever wonder where database technology is going? This is something that Turing award winner Jim Gray from Microsoft has given a lot of thought to. He recently published an article in which he looks at the many forces pushing database technologies forward, and what those new technologies will look like. Gray writes, 'the greatest of these [research challenges] will have to do with the unification of approximate and exact reasoning. Most of us come from the exact-reasoning world -- but most of our clients are now asking questions that require approximate or probabilistic answers.'"

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  1. Turing award winner? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    As in, he passed the Turing test?

    1. Re:Turing award winner? by Erpo · · Score: 2, Funny

      Turing award winner? As in, he passed the Turing test?
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    2. Re:Turing award winner? by sydb · · Score: 2, Funny

      Do you often feel the need to ask questions like that?

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  2. approximate answers.. by ShaniaTwain · · Score: 4, Funny
    most of our clients are now asking questions that require approximate or probabilistic answers.'"

    • 42..ish
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  3. $article_title by $blowhard. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    $techology is dying. It will be replaced with $replacement. Insert 4000 more words sprinkled with $random_buzzwords. I am so smart! The end.

  4. Re:In other words ... by furchin · · Score: 4, Funny

    MBA's want the magic glowy box to do their thinking for them.

    If I had to pick between a magic glowy box and an MBA to show signs of intelligence, I'm definitely going with the magic glowy box.

  5. Re:In other words ... by YrWrstNtmr · · Score: 5, Funny
    I don't know how many times I've heard that thought process over the years.

    [MBA tool]"I want to come in in the morning, push a button, and have the program distribute all my stuff."

    [me]"If I could make it do that, I could make it push its own button, and the company wouldn't need you anymore."

    [MBA tool]"Oh."

  6. Sure... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Could someone summarize it without using the letter 'e'?

    Sure.

    Th Futur of Databass
    Postd by timothy on Monday May 02, @08:12PM
    from th your-flight-status-is-'mayb' dpt.
    gManZboy writs "vr wondr whr databas tchnology is going? This is somthing that Turing award winnr Jim Gray from Microsoft has givn a lot of thought to. H rcntly publishd an articl in which h looks at th many forcs pushing databas tchnologis forward, and what thos nw tchnologis will look lik. Gray writs, 'th gratst of ths [rsarch challngs] will hav to do with th unification of approximat and xact rasoning. Most of us com from th xact-rasoning world -- but most of our clints ar now asking qustions that rquir approximat or probabilistic answrs.'"

    Hmmm, I kind of like 'databass'.

  7. Re:I want clustered databases for high-availabilit by jjohnson · · Score: 2, Funny

    And since Oracle is *way* cheaper than IBM, it's problem solved!

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  8. Re:$clever_title by protohiro1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    although both $buzzword and $sarcastic_comment should be stored in some sort of database...

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  9. To answer the question... by jim_v2000 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Ever wonder where database technology is going?"

    Yeah, all the time.

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