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Learning the Database Landscape in the Opensource World
Learning the Database Landscape in the Opensource World
rbernier@mediosystems.com
Learning the Database Landscape in the Opensource World
rbernier@mediosystems.com
PART I: surveying the land PART II: taking a walk in the park,
MySQL vs PostgreSQL PART III: welcome to a brave new world,
making the commitment PART IV: concluding remarks
PART I: surveying the landscape
Learning the Database Landscape in the Opensource World
rbernier@mediosystems.com
About this presentation A definition of power In the beginning... The significance of license, "la raison d'être" Databases; deciding which one is better... yeah right!
PART I: surveying the landscape
Learning the Database Landscape in the Opensource World
rbernier@mediosystems.com
The objective of this talk is to empower you in your decision making process vis a vis database systems in the workplace
PART I: surveying the landscape
Learning the Database Landscape in the Opensource World
rbernier@mediosystems.com
About Power it's not money or influence It's knowledge
Power is the awarenes of the significance of events of the past and present and leveraging it to one's advantage before anyone else figures it out
PART I: surveying the landscape
Learning the Database Landscape in the Opensource World
rbernier@mediosystems.com
IN THE BEGINNING...?
PART I: surveying the landscape
Learning the Database Landscape in the Opensource World
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Dawn Of The Relational Model Ted Codd (1970) and his Rules for Relational
Databases
PART I: surveying the landscape
Learning the Database Landscape in the Opensource World
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Three Great Contemporary Forces IBM ORACLE University of Berkley California
(a product of the Military-Industrial-Academic Complex)
PART I: surveying the landscape
Learning the Database Landscape in the Opensource World
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The Significance Of License, "La raison d'être" The implications of closed vs open vs bsd vs gpl
licensing Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) GNU General Public License (GPL)
GNU GNU General Public LicenseGNU GNU GNU General Public License
PART I: surveying the landscape
Learning the Database Landscape in the Opensource World
rbernier@mediosystems.com
More About the Opensource Licenses BSD: the race to get the best academic
minds GPL: revenge is sweet, the Richard Stallman
saga
PART I: surveying the landscape
Learning the Database Landscape in the Opensource World
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Deciding which one is better Corporate culture (established vs startup) The people The DBA (or lack of) Current technology (even the OS makes a difference) The requirements Making comparisions & the effects of licensing
PART II: Taking a walk in the garden, MySQL vs PostgreSQL
Learning the Database Landscape in the Opensource World
rbernier@mediosystems.com
An everyman's history of Postgres and MySQL IN THE 90's
The effects of license
PART II: Taking a walk in the garden, MySQL vs PostgreSQL
Learning the Database Landscape in the Opensource World
rbernier@mediosystems.com
An everyman's history of Postgres and MySQL IN THE 90's
Both have already been long in existence but then the Internet came along
The state of PostgreSQL and its early adopters The state of MySQL and its early adopters
PART II: Taking a walk in the garden, MySQL vs PostgreSQL
Learning the Database Landscape in the Opensource World
rbernier@mediosystems.com
The effects of license popularization how the GPL license centralizes and coordinates mindshare how the BSD license encourages decentralization of control and
encourages innovative paradigms perception, the appearance of superiority corporatization and the monetizing of mindshare
GPL transforms into a commercial entity BSD fragments mindshare; development is localized, overall
development is only possible on the technology itself i.e. no marketing, no training, no publications etc.
PART III: WELCOME TO A BRAVE NEW WORLD
Learning the Database Landscape in the Opensource World
rbernier@mediosystems.com
Finding qualified candidates Training new people Working with consultants The opensource help desk
PART III: WELCOME TO A BRAVE NEW WORLD
Learning the Database Landscape in the Opensource World
rbernier@mediosystems.com
Finding qualified candidates Ideal educational background... you've got to be kidding! Work history: traditional vs non-traditional Looking for people with an online presence
mail lists forums Linklin Facebook Twitter Google
PART III: WELCOME TO A BRAVE NEW WORLD
Learning the Database Landscape in the Opensource World
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Training new people educational institutions in house corporate
PART III: WELCOME TO A BRAVE NEW WORLD
Learning the Database Landscape in the Opensource World
rbernier@mediosystems.com
Working with consultants (when employees aren't enough)
PART III: WELCOME TO A BRAVE NEW WORLD
Learning the Database Landscape in the Opensource World
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The opensource Help Desk.... HUH?
PART IV: CONCLUDING REMARKS
Learning the Database Landscape in the Opensource World
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Fighting the rush towards opensource Fitting in with the traditionals Regarding the corporatization of opensource A final word...
PART IV: CONCLUDING REMARKS
Learning the Database Landscape in the Opensource World
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Fighting the rush towards opensource.
PART IV: CONCLUDING REMARKS
Learning the Database Landscape in the Opensource World
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Fitting in with the traditionals
PART IV: CONCLUDING REMARKS
Learning the Database Landscape in the Opensource World
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Regarding the corporatization of opensource
PART IV: CONCLUDING REMARKS
Learning the Database Landscape in the Opensource World
rbernier@mediosystems.com
A final word...
it's not the technology (it's the politics), stupid!
Learning the Database Landscape in the Opensource World
Learning the Database Landscape in the Opensource World
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