Database Bigwigs Lead Stealthy Open Source Startup 187
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."
When Will This Be Ported? (Score:4, Funny)
Everyone, we are moving to ASP now (Score:4, Funny)
Re:it's fast, but can it penetrate enemy airspace? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:it's fast, but can it penetrate enemy airspace? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Doesn't "stealthy" require some stealth anymore (Score:3, Funny)
Network World is a trade rag. To them, anything not advertised is stealthy. Especially since they want to motivate people to think "oh no, I don't want to be stealthy, that means unknown! quick buy some advertising!"
You're bound to get some strange looks... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:it's fast, but can it penetrate enemy airspace? (Score:2, Funny)
It's not bad, but the new startup synergistica that I'm working on is gonna be completely invisible.
Re:Omg top 5 (Score:3, Funny)
Re:buzzword enabled (Score:5, Funny)
Uh, a spreadsheet?
Re:When Will This Be Ported? (Score:3, Funny)
Where by mainstream, you mean useless?
Re:it's fast, but can it penetrate enemy airspace? (Score:3, Funny)
Microsoft is backing them?
Stealthy? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:When Will This Be Ported? (Score:1, Funny)
that's 1500 companies with 3 fortunes, and you say he is dumb!!!