____/ Kelsey Bjarnason on Thursday 05 July 2007 21:30 : \____
> [snips]
>
> On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 11:38:18 -0700, Rex Ballard wrote:
>
>> Linux and OSS are a critical part of the Google business model. They
>> need thousands of fast databases, all capable of locating relevant
>> documents several hundred times/second. I believe they also use DB2,
>> but I'm not sure what the licensing is like. My guess is that they
>> get a "quantity discount" that's probably pretty substantial.
>
> "Anything over a half million seats, we'll give 'em to you for ten bucks a
> pop." <snicker>
I recently read in the Observer (I think) that they use SQLite. Many companies
do. It's free. Simple yet effective.
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