MySQL moves forward (IT-Director) [LWN.net]

MySQL moves forward (IT-Director)

Posted May 8, 2003 11:29 UTC (Thu) by ktm (guest, #11064)
Parent article: MySQL moves forward (IT-Director)

"So, the jury is still out on the significance of MySQL."
What a load of tripe. PHB fodder. Hype-juice. XML in the
data model? Why not fairy dust?

Why is this kind of junk getting play on lwn?

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MySQL moves forward (IT-Director)

Posted May 10, 2003 3:18 UTC (Sat) by Baylink (subscriber, #755) [Link]

Indeed.

XML is a language for creating languages for wrapping data to move it
around. It has nothing to do, and should have nothing to do, with the way
that data is stored after being processed at either end.

Why is it so hard for people to get that?

Or is there some Really Big Thing that I'm completely missing after 2
decades in computing?

Just these big DB companies feeling they have to be 100% Buzzword
Compliant, I guess...