MS Releases Open Source Alternative To BigTable

gollito writes in with news that Microsoft has released an open source alternative to Google’s BigTable file system, which is used on large distributed computer clusters. Matt Asay writes for CNet: “I also believe that Microsoft’s fear-mongering around open source cost it years of productivity and quality gains that it could have been delivering to customers through open source. I hope that reign of ignorance is over.”

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