Karl Schendel wrote:
>In article <3F9E884A.363B43BD_at_remove_spam.peasland.com>,
> Brian Peasland <dba_at_remove_spam.peasland.com> wrote:
>
>
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>>>>and it's gonna get worse. just wait for M$ to bundle the db with the
>>>>OS...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Not going to happen.
>>>
>>>Microsoft is not going to give away 90+% of the revenues from SQL
>>>Server just to gain a slightly
>>>larger share of the RDBMS market on a single platform.
>>>
>>>
>>Actually, it is supposed to happen. It has been widely publicized that
>>M$ will be replacing NTFS with a database running the SQL Server engine
>>(should be appearing in Longhorn). Instead of a file system that uses
>>directories, etc., one will just put their files into a database. It
>>should be obvious to this group the advantages of this approach.
>>
>>
>
>Surely you meant "disadvantages". There are plenty of obvious
>disadvantages, but very few obvious advantages to taking something
>simple (files in a directory) and making it complex (files in an
>SQL database). Just sticking a file in a "database" isn't going to
>make it searchable or locate-able in any meaningful way.
>
>Karl
>
>
First T-SQL virus and it all falls apart. Yech! Get the mop.
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Received on Tue Oct 28 2003 - 18:19:14 CST
