From: | Chris Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org> |
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To: | pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Are we mischaracterising mysql? Re: 12 Silver Bullets |
Date: | 2007-08-16 20:38:09 |
Message-ID: | 60r6m3nrke.fsf@dba2.int.libertyrms.com |
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derek(dot)rodner(at)enterprisedb(dot)com ("Derek Rodner") writes:
> Ron,
>
> Talk about spin... I just read the Sabre case study that you pointed
> out. It is interesting how they portray it because I sat in a case
> study at Gartner's Open Source Summit that was given by the guys at
> Travelocity. What the case study DOESN'T tell you is that NONE of the
> transactions run through MySQL.
>
> The entire backend for actual transactions runs on Oracle. When you go
> to Travelocity and do all your searches, that is pulling data from
> MySQL. The MySQL data is updated from Oracle back end databases. When
> you decide to purchase, the system then switches to Oracle where all the
> real work happens. MySQL is used for read-only work at Sabre.
I was under the impression that IMS was still the primary database
system "of choice" for the high end OLTP work.
That was the case when I was there, and for that to have been dropped
would have required *much* louder trumpeting of change than I have
seen...
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