Tuesday, August 7, 2007

In retrospect

This quote has little to do with Supersymmetry, Extra Dimensions and the Origin of Mass.

[0h:41m:10s] "At the moment we have a system where we use Oracle at CERN, and MySQL at the other institutions. In retrospect, we might have been better off with MySQL everywhere, but there is a tendency for people who aren't experts to think; if you pay money it must be a better product."

Google Tech Talks: Marjorie D. Shapiro
Supersymmetry, Extra Dimensions and the Origin of Mass
June 18, 2007

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