Upon2020 (archive)
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NoSQL and the End of the SQL Cash Machine
A techie debate is raging on the relative merits of relational vs. so-called NoSQL databases. I have a techie opinion and a stake in the debate, but in this post I’d like to make a business prediction that has nothing to do with the technical merits of one vs. the other at all. It’s only…
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NoSQL and the End of the SQL Cash Machine
From my other blog: NoSQL databases are a perfect disruptive technology in Clayton Christensen’s Innovator’s Dilemma model … I’m predicting that the relational database is going to die. Read more.
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Marc Benioff’s Cloud 2
From Techcrunch. Quote: The future of our industry now looks totally different than the past. It looks like a sheet of paper, and it’s called the iPad. It’s not about typing or clicking; it’s about touching. It’s not about text, or even animation, it’s about video. It’s not about a local disk, or even a…
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Unlimited Free Client-Side Storage
So far I’ve looked at devices with which we’ll interact with information in 2020. Now I’m changing gears to look at the backend. Fry’s is selling Terabyte hard drives for $69.99 this week. A Terabyte is, give or take, a billion pages of text, or a million books. An entire library. Or a month’s worth…
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Very Nice China Censorship Testimony By Rebecca McKinnon
Here. I still think it is <<insert strong adjective here>> that none of the major content companies other than Google have in any way supported Google’s stand here. At the very least, they could publicly say that they admire Google’s point of view. It costs them nothing, and does have an impact as we can…