[Dailydave] Databases are too easy.

[Daniele Muscetta]

On 10/10/06, Paul Melson <pmelson at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm sure there are a million creative ways the new storage API can be used,
> and I for one hope the folks that write chrome extensions (*HINT-HINT:Sage*)
> see the possibilities*.
> [...]
> * like a year's worth of locally-stored RSS 2.0 content that can be searched
> sideways


In fact, just like you can do in Outlook 2007 aggregating feeds and
search thorugh them with Windows Desktop Search...



> When I read your database diss, I immediately thought of SIM products and
> how databases [handi]cap performance and storage of log data and offer only
> limited emulation of logic engines because it's all gotta work out to some
> SELECT statement on the back end.  Then I remembered the logs are dumb (log
> analysis is not dumb, but log content is) and hardware is cheap.


That is in fact another traditional use. I also thought he could have
been referring to that....
Of course loganalysis  could get *MUCH* better, but so far that's what
we have...
:-)

Best,

Daniele