I’m not sure how many of this blog’s readers are likely to be aware of VoltDB. It is one of the systems that I think could be poised to dispel the notion that SQL (or the relational model) is somehow inherently unscalable. Here’s a blog post explaining how VoltDB does transaction ordering and replication.
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Topics for this podcast:
*Oracle, Java, the Apache Software Foundation and open
source
*An update on some open source database and data management
players
*CorraTech grows with support for open source application
alternatives
*Red Hat-Makara acquisition analysis and impact
*Linux kernel report shows strong support, but what now for
Novell?
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# Mike Milinkovich explained why the Eclipse Foundation will support Oracle’s plans for Java 7, and outlined its concerns about the Java 8 JSR.
# Stephen Colebourne outlined the choices facing Java Community Process executive committee voters: pragmatism or bust, before later proposing a third option: a split in the …
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New projects
# Gemini Mobile Technologies released Hibari, a new open source non-relational
database for big data.
# Lockheed Martin launched the Eureka Streams open source project for enterprise social networking.
# Sony Pictures Imageworks expanded its open source initiative with the release of OpenColorIO.
Old arguments
# Kirk Wylie discussed the …
What’s missing from WebM? VoltDB launches. The importance of profitability. And more.
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# Simon Phipps examined what’s missing from WebM, from an open source perspective.
# Mike Stonebraker’s VoltDB officially launched its open source in-memory OLTP database.
# Jim Whitehurst argued that one of Red Hat’s most valuable contributions to open source is its profitability.
# Infobright appointed former Aleri CEO Don DeLoach as its new …
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