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Facebook Trapped In MySQL a ‘Fate Worse Than Death’

Posted July 10, 2011 by Pavel Espinal & filed under Off Topic News Comments: 0.

Tags: epic proportions, implementation, michael stonebraker, MySQL, pioneer, web startups, worse than death

According to database pioneer Michael Stonebraker, Facebook is operating a huge, complex MySQL implementation equivalent to a fate worse than death, and the only way out is bite the bullet and rewrite everything. Not that its necessarily Facebooks fau..

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