Oracle Technology Musings

What with MySQL?

By Mike Reys on April 20, 2009 3:52 PM

What I heard a lot today on Twitter was: What about MySQL? From the FAQ available at the acquisition page: MySQL will be an addition to existing suite of database products, which already includes Oracle Database 11g, TimesTen, Berkely...

Comments (6) | TrackBacks (0)

Acronym galore: OLAP and OPAL

By Mike Reys on December 22, 2008 3:17 PM

We, IT people, have this horrible habit to use acronyms wherever and whenever we can. Up to a point where some acronyms have over 4 meanings. With a bit of luck, these have no overlap and are clear within context....

Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

And now for the weather: cloudy!

By Mike Reys on October 8, 2008 8:00 PM

When looking via Google/Google Desktop (I remembered reading about it shortly after Oracle's announcement) for a defintion (if such a thing exists) of the term "Cloud Computing", I stumbled (quite rapidly) over this article from the multi-talented Stephen Fry. And...

Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)