Facebook trapped in MySQL ‘fate worse than death’ (Derrick Harris/GigaOM)
Derrick Harris / GigaOM:Facebook trapped in MySQL ‘fate 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.”
Tech worker testifies of ‘blue screen of death’ on oil rig’s computer (Gregg Keizer/Computerworld)
Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:Tech worker testifies of ‘blue screen of death’ on oil rig’s computer — Crucial drilling monitoring and control system crippled by crashes, says rig’s chief electronics technician — Computerworld – A computer that monitored drilling operations on the Deepwater Horizon had been freezing with a …
