Friday, April 26, 2002

Software AG in Pain Software AG Cuts Workforce in Bid to Stay in Profit. Handelsblatt Apr 24 2002 7:09PM ET [Moreover - Database industry news] This isn't a good sign for the leader in native XML databases. They're barely showing any growth in sales for Tamino (2.6M euros vs 2.3M one year ago) and it represents a minuscule part of their overall revenue (116.4M euros). As I wrote earlier the addition of native XML facilities to the big relational databases just doesn't bode well for companies targeting the enterprise space like Software AG. Software AG was even in a somewhat luxurious position compared to most native vendors. They have established customers and a pre-existing sales force. Unfortunately for them, their strength is in the mainframe market. Not a space known for taking risks on new technology like native XML databases. 2:44:04 PM     Database Future Debated A panel discussion was held Tuesday at the Software Development Conference & Expo to discuss the future of databases. Apparently much of the discussion revolved around XML and how it will affect the database market in the future. Infoworld has an article online and Ron Bourret also posted his notes on the XML-DEV mailing list. Definitely an interesting read. 3:53:03 AM     Waking Up Wow, has it been a long time since I've posted anything. I guess you could say I've been a bit distracted. Time for some new updates. 3:15:55 AM

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Resume:

Software:

Xindice (Formally dbXML)

Xindice XML-RPC Interface

Xindice HTTP Interface

XML:DB API Reference Implementation

Jive XML Database Port

FreeDB CD Database to XML Data Generator

Writing:

Introduction to Native XML Databases (xml.com)

Introduction to dbXML (xml.com)

An Introduction to the XML:DB API (xml.com)

Xindice Users Guide

Xindice Developers Guide

Xindice Administrators Guide

XML:DB API Specification

XML:DB API Use Cases

XUpdate Use Cases

ICEPick Peer to Peer Personalization

Presentations:

Native XML Databases Why Bother?
(HTML) (Powerpoint)