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Message Posted: Tue, 08 Jul 2003 @ 10:07:07 GMT

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<-- Anonymously Posted: Monday, July 07, 2003 18:00 -->

Another perspective...

I read the white paper indicated below. Looked like a well written "marketing" white paper to me. For example: Look at the section: Netessa Performance Server as a Foundation Architecural - Bill Inmon indicates that Teradata claims to be expert in retail... Give it a break !!! Teradata is just another application. NCR having a long history with retail segment, implemented it successfully in that area. I don't think that has anything to do with technology.

This also made me think that what is Bill Inmon's background: Has he really worked with Netezza System? Does he have the Systems background (Hardware/Software)?

Nothing personal against Bill Inmon or NCR..
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Hi all (Sorry, couldn't leave out a bow to my wasted youth watching Laugh-In), Well, I got interested and did a search. I found a white paper by Inmon (?!?!) at the following URL:

www.dw-institute.com...

and a short blurb in a magazine at:

www.baselinemag.com...

which were both very intriguing. Makes me want to sit behind a potted plant and watch the discussions going on in Dayton and Rancho Bernardo about Netezza. Their SPU (Snippet Processor Unit) sounds like the son of a smart AMP, back from the old days. Hey, I started on a 3600, guess I could do that. I spoke to a Java-ist I know (Java-oid?, Java-ite? Java-er?) I know, and he said it sounded really cool. Hmm, "May you live in interesting times."

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