[ Cloud Computing ] Re: Zoho Introduces CloudSQL

If it can't do consistent updates and it doesn't scale and it can't
access systems that do consistent updates and scale, what possible
relationship could it have to cloud computing other than the letters c,
l, o, u, and d?

Tarry Singh wrote:
>
> C'mon, Tarry, give us break. It isn't a database, it isn't
> transactional (the word "transaction" doesn't even occur on Zoho's
> site). It's a reporting facility, and one that apparently can't work
> off live data.
>
>
> I didn't say that it is anywhere close to the RDBMS versions that we
> have in the market today.And whoever said that OLTP will be the place
> to jumpstart your CloudDB CloudSQL-like strategy, it always starts
> carefully with some sort of DWH OLAP facility where a lot of DSS could
> be hosted elsewhere.
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Jim Starkey <jstarkey@nimbusdb.com
> <mailto:jstarkey@nimbusdb.com>> wrote:
>
>
> Tarry Singh wrote:
> > All this is really going to hurt vendors like Sun soooooo bad. A
> > billion dollars, I am sure Mickos is the only one to laugh out loud.
> > Soon such CloudDBs will have advanced functions where a lot of OLAP
> > work will be done without typing those complex commands. As we get
> > past the SARGs and other manipulative syntaxes, much of the smaller
> > and bigger DB vendors will have a real tough time in the coming 5-7
> > years.
> >
> > Why I stated Sun is because this time, riding out the recession will
> > need a lot more than open source strategy like Bob Young used
> back in
> > the 90s.
> >
> > Anyways back to the CloudSQL, I did a quick run and it seems to look
> > ok for now. We'l lsee how it further develops.
> >
>
> C'mon, Tarry, give us break. It isn't a database, it isn't
> transactional (the word "transaction" doesn't even occur on Zoho's
> site). It's a reporting facility, and one that apparently can't work
> off live data.
>
> It isn't going to bother Sun or Marten in the least. Sun may have
> deep
> and profound problems, but Zoho isn't one of them.
>
> SQL over HTML? I've heard worse ideas, but not often. If it is
> displayable, parsing it is an expensive pain in the butt. If it isn't
> displayable, XML is a better choice.
>
>
>
> --
> Jim Starkey
> President, NimbusDB, Inc.
> 978 526-1376
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Kind Regards,
>
> Tarry Singh
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978 526-1376

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