Future Trends in Database Systems

  • Authors:
  • M. Stonebraker

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
  • Year:
  • 1989

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Abstract

The author discusses the likely evolution of commercial data managers over the next several years. Topics to be covered include the following: why SQL (structured query language) has become a universal standard; who can benefit from SQL standardization; why the current SQL standard has no chance of lasting; why all database systems can be distributed soon; what new technologies are likely to be commercialized; and why vendor independence may be achievable.