Michael Stonebraker: September 2007 Archives

In a recent post, a reader made the following comments: OODBs failed because RDBMS vendors added OO functionality; data warehouse users are not in pain; column stores only beat row stores on poorly designed warehouse schemas. In Mike Stonebraker's opinion, all three claims are false. Continue reading "Stonebraker comments on OODB market failures, data warehouse pain, and column advantages" »

Since the 1970s, new DBMS application areas have emerged with very different requirements than OLTP, but none of the major vendors have performed a complete redesign to deal with this changed landscape. Mike Stonebraker discusses how users can now experience blindingly fast data warehouse performance using column-oriented databases. Continue reading "One size fits all: A concept whose time has come and gone" »