Re: is linux ready for databases ? (Ziff Davis article - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Doug McNaught
Subject Re: is linux ready for databases ? (Ziff Davis article
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In response to is linux ready for databases ? (Ziff Davis article on Oracle and Linux)  ("Gregory S. Williamson" <gsw@globexplorer.com>)
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Mike Mascari <mascarm@mascari.com> writes:

> Gregory S. Williamson wrote:
>
> > <http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1738&ncid=738&e=9&u=/zd/20030825/tc_zd/55311>
>
> I found the following paragraph humorous:
>
> "A key component that needs further development is the threading model
> used by the system kernel, Binstock said. Multithreading is crucial to
> running an enterprise database. Without it, a database would have to
> handle every data query as it comes in, keeping all other queries
> waiting in queue, since the system would be incapable of parallel
> processing."

Yeah, this is ignorant on so many levels...

-Doug

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