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What Happens When All Databases ‘Go Spatial’? | May 12th 2007
Interesting announcements, reporting, and commentary this past week about Microsoft building spatial capabilities natively into SQL Server 2008.
Ok—great! Since my office uses SQL Server in certain instances, this is a good thing. But, my office also owns Oracle and IBM database servers. We all know they have gone “spatial” too.
So, what happens to our world when all of your databases “go spatial”?
I have this sneaking sensation—at least in my hole in the wall—that it’s going to be like the typical Microsoft Office user. Type, change font, save, and that’s it.
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so yeah, Oracle went spatial at least two full releases ago and I think DB2 has some options as well.
Comment by name — May 12, 2007 @ 6:27 pm