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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. I GOT A GREASED UP YODA DOLL SHOVED UP MY ASS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    GO LINUX!

    1. Re:I GOT A GREASED UP YODA DOLL SHOVED UP MY ASS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You owe me a new keyboard... I literally shot my drink out of my nose :D

  2. FP? Unfortunately not. by bool+morpheus() · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes, I fail it. Dang. Gnaa and all that wizzbang stuff.

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  3. He's from Microsoft by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I thought we hate them. Yeah, he must be wrong. He has no idea what he's talking about...

    What's he talking about again?

  4. Re:patents by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Gray is a genius and his Transactin Processing is a fantasitic incredible read... too bad he's working for the Evil Empire... by the way.. did you know Gates can't find any American programmers and any American who can program already has a job? There's a lesson in here about the dangers of moral indifference to who you work for...

  5. Re:approximate answers.. by Tackhead · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    > > most of our clients are now asking questions that require approximate or probabilistic answers.'"
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    > * 42..ish

    Larry: Of course, he only had the two arms and the one head, and he called himself Jim Gray.

    Melinda: But you must admit, he did turn out to be from another planet.

    Larry: By my yacht! Melinda Gates!

    it.slashdot.org: Infinity minus 1. Improbability sum now complete.

    Larry: What are you doing here?

    Melinda: With a degree in human-computer interaction and another in psychology, it was either that or back to refactoring Microsoft Bob into Longhorn::Clippy on Monday.

    Bill: Oh God. Ford, this is Melinda. Hi. Melinda, my semi-cousin Ford, who shares three of the same mothers as me. Is this sort of thing going to happen every time we attempt to unify approximate and exact reasoning?

    Melinda: Very probably, I'm afraid.

    Bill: Bill Gates, this is a very large drink. Hi.

  6. Montreal? by montreal!hahahahah · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hahhahhaha

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    1. Re:Montreal? by nate+nice · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      awesome.

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  7. Readable version by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://shit.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/02/1 944248

  8. The important question is by The+Big+Ugly · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    will this still work in future databases?

    1. On a new Worksheet, Press F5

    2. Type X97:L97 and hit enter

    3. Press the tab key

    4. Hold Ctrl-Shift

    5. Click on the Chart Wizard toolbar button

    6. Use mouse to fly around - Right button forward/ Left button reverse

    Yes, i AM aware that excel is a SPREADSHEET. it's my feeble attempt at a joke you vultures.