On Tue, 2002-08-13 at 06:47, David Douthitt wrote:
> VA Software (operators of Sourceforge) signs agreement
> with IBM to utilize their proprietary database DB2
> in the SourceForge product.
>
> In the article, it notes that VA Software looked at MySQL
> and PostgreSQL, but passed them both by. It also notes
> that VA invested in MySQL.
>
> Interesting, eh?
>
> http://news.com.com/2100-1001-949505.html?tag=fd_top
SOURCEFORGE.NET UPDATE: August 14, 2002
This week we've made a big announcement. As you likely know, any
large dynamic website is powered by a database that funnels data to
the web servers serving data which ultimately gets sent to you.
These databases manage everything from user authentication, session
management, site searching, etc. SourceForge.net is a database-
dependent website.
Today we have announced that we are moving SourceForge.net to DB2,
a powerful relational database by IBM. We are doing this because
the site continues to grow at a rapid rate, with 700 new users and
70 new projects a day, and we need a database that can handle this
growth. We feel that DB2 can do this for us, and IBM is giving us
the resources to make this transition successful. You can read the
press release here:
http://www.vasoftware.com/news/press.php/2002/1070.html
How will this effect you? In the first phase, you won't see much
difference other then the site will continue to grow and the
SourceForge.net team will be able to handle the growth. In later
phases you will see new features on the site that take advantage of
the databases advanced capabilities.
Today our mail archives have been converted over. The rest of the
site will make the migration to DB2 in the coming months.
--
Mike Noyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://sourceforge.net/users/mhnoyes/
http://leaf-project.org/
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