Comments on: In 2008, Keep an Eye on Hadoop

By: Hiroko

Hiroko — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:37:10 +0000

Google's actually endorsing it--see the press release about the Google/IBM parallel computing teaching project:

http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/22414.wss

I can see positives and negatives to Google for Hadoop, though. Positive: more job applicants that have experience using a mapreduce-like system, which means they will come up to speed faster and with less training or mentoring. Negative: as Google old-timers vest and leave, they'll have more ability to apply the scaling skills they got at Google to whatever startups they're going to. I guess the question is whether or not hiring is faster than attrition.

By: eric baldeschwieler

eric baldeschwieler — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 01:19:16 +0000

Hi John,

We should catch up on Hadoop sometime.

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By: Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:05:59 +0000

If Google does see this competitor gaining traction - they will probably react proactively if they see this as a threat in any way.

Probably like Microsoft reacted to Linux, Google will start releasing bits of code and APIs to Developers to keep alliances.