98% of "web Programmers" wouldn't know a good database if it dragged them out of the parents basement and gave them a blow job.

I would not recommend using Oracle to run a simple web site. It is complete over kill. I would not recommend using MySQL / Maria to run the VISA processing center either.

99.9% of application builders do not even know the value of a good, much less great, DB engine and that is proven out time and time again when you look at their DB schema and all you see are tables. They all insist on doing EVERYTHING on the front end and never get , even when advised about, the amount of power that DB's like Oracle, PostGres, MS-SQL, DB2 and even MySQL have these days. One well written Stored Procedure ( Oracle Speak ). Package ( Oracle Speak ), function ( PostGres Speak ) or Procedure ( MySQL/ MS-SQL Speak ) can eliminate 1000's of lines of java, python, ruby, php ( pick your language ) front end code, and perform the function 1000x faster and more reliably.

Every tool has its use. When you need massive scaleibility, up time in the 5 9's category and support RIGHT FUCKING NOW WITH AN ACTUAL ENGINEER when you dial the toll free number 24/7/365 you get the big dogs like Oracle,MS-SQL or DB2. If those factors are less important then you have other choices like Postgres ( they REALLY need to fix the TXID issue ) which is very powerful but lacks the kind of SLA's that you can get with Oracle / Microsoft. If just getting feedback from the support community is fine the MySQL / Maria are fine choices.

I design VERY large databases that push DB's to their limits. Google had to design their own because nothing off the shelf or even from the FOOS community could handle their requirements but it takes a small army to deal with it and most companies don't have the resources or don't want to have that many people on their payroll.

The bottom line is use the DB that fits your requirements, fits your budget and has the support organization around it so when you have a problem your requirements are met, and it really does not matter who you get it from. Don't be religious about it. ALL of these companies are trying to build the best product to serve their market and that is the bottom line.

Michael Widenius is nothing but a little bitch. He sold his DB to sun for how much again? 1 BILLION dollars I think it was. Now shut the fuck up, go sit on your riches and do MariaDB if you want but stop bitching about what happened to MySQL because he YOU are the idiot who cashed in and sold out.

Or they will pop off as A/C spewing forth without any knowledge.

You wont get any serious replies. Remember this is /. and the vast majority of the people here are haters on anything they can't just take, no matter how much work was put into it, by whom. And they especially hate Oracle for having the nerve to try and make money.

This was a NetWare 3.12 box and...

• It was running IPX/SPX not TCP/IP.
• My guess is that it was not exposed to the Internet in any way.
• Netware was for all intents and purposes 100% secure unless you had physical access to either the server itself or the cable.
• Netware 3.12 was THE fastest file and print server on the market, and I don't think anyone ever beat it.
• Netware 3.12 was architected by Drew Major and was pretty much bomb proof.
• I doubt it was running any VAP's ( value added Processes )

Might I direct your attention to: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/03/14/arts/design/13PORTRAIT.html

Here is a link ( NO paywall, NO signup). These portraits are simply fantastic.

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/03/14/arts/design/13PORTRAIT.html

Simply use three sensors and a prism. The color separation camera has been around for along time and the color prints from it are just breath taking. Just use three really great sensors then we can have digital color that rivals film.

Check out the work of Harry Warnecke and you will see what I mean.

What you are talking about is called Exposure Latitude of which dynamic range is a component. Digital has quite a way to go before it catches up with color negative film.

So while my answer might seem quite pessimistic, I think, and sadly, it is true because much like Communism it works fine on paper but almost never in practice and happily Valve has found one of those rare exceptions in time when it does.

Yeah I noticed that right AFTER I hit submit. Yet another /. non-feature, even though I do understand why.

Please show your work eg: int foo(int x,y){ return x+y};

You have obviously never read a military enlistment contract or the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

In an often debated subject of military acquisition disasters Boeing won't do anything unless there is a check in it for them. This is a sour grapes in many ways since Boeing lost out on the contract for the F35, but Boeing hasn't forgotten what happened to Northrop with the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_F-20_Tigershark#FX_stumbles_and_F-20_emerges program.

Sharding

is the secret ingredient in the the Web scale sauce ! >/p>

FUCK those asshats.

It must suck really hard when karma comes around to fuck you in the ass.