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Database Bigwigs Lead Stealthy Open Source Startup

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hope-it-isn't-vaporcorp dept.

BobB writes "Michael Stonebraker, who cooked up the Ingres and Postgres database management systems, is back with a stealthy startup called Vertica. And not just him, he has recruited former Oracle bigwigs Ray Lane and Jerry Held to give the company a boost before its software leaves beta testing. The promise — a Linux-based system that handles queries 100 times faster than traditional relational database management systems."

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  1. When Will This Be Ported? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    The question is when will this be ported to a mainstream OS such as Windows?

  2. Everyone, we are moving to ASP now by varmittang · · Score: 3, Funny

    It was LAMP, now its LAVA. Much cooler name.

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  3. You're bound to get some strange looks... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    during the transition when you tell people your business runs on LAVA-LAMP technology.

  4. Re:Omg top 5 by bob.appleyard · · Score: 3, Funny

    You're 100 times faster than anyone else, obviously.

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  5. Re:buzzword enabled by Jherek+Carnelian · · Score: 5, Funny

    "grid-enabled, column-oriented relational database management system"
    What does that mean?

    Uh, a spreadsheet?