RE: Any update on Mckoi's status?

"Tena Sakai" <[email protected]> Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:02:25 -0800
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Hi Toby,

Thanks for your breaking silence.  I am pleased
to hear the updates and direction you have in
mind.

Tena Sakai


-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] on behalf of Tobias Downer
Sent: Tue 1/29/2008 8:02 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Any update on Mckoi's status?
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I'm still here.  I can understand your pessimism about the Mckoi=20
project.  However, the project is not going to be in limbo for much=20
longer and I'll be putting all doubts about the project being abandoned=20
soon.  Just the past two months I've been straightening out the SQL=20
parser, planner and optimizer in v2 and it's coming together nicely.  As =

soon as I have a build that is usable, it'll be up on the website.

Version 2 is intended to return the project to the track it was=20
originally envisioned to take, that of a strict transactional database=20
codebase that is easy to understand and extend in any way a developer=20
may want, not just limited to SQL.  To that end, I plan on adding a=20
great deal more documentation about how Mckoi works and examples of what =

you can do with it to the website.  I think people who are interested in =

the workings of transactional databases will like this a lot and I'm=20
hoping it will open the project up to a wider audience that are=20
interested in more primitive data storage/query APIs but want the option =

of going to a full featured SQL system when needed.

There's a lot of new stuff I can't wait to show off.  Don't be surprised =

if a lot of new stuff suddenly starts happening around here.

Toby.

Alexander Molochnikov wrote:
> The silence is deafening...
> =20
> I mean the silence of Toby, the original developer. If he is no longer =

> watching this mailing list, this speaks for itself. If he is watching, =

> but keeps silent, then this is even more telling.
> =20
> Either way, I am growing more pessimistic by the hour.
> =20
> And no, I do not expect a group of other Java programmers to pick up a =

> project that seems to have been abandoned. If the original authors did =

> not have enough interest and/or confidence in the merits of the =
project,=20
> the outsiders never will.
> =20
> Maybe it's just me.
> =20
> Alex Molochnikov
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Hi Toby,<BR>
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Thanks for your breaking silence.&nbsp; I am pleased<BR>
to hear the updates and direction you have in<BR>
mind.<BR>
<BR>
Tena Sakai<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
-----Original Message-----<BR>
From: [email protected] on behalf of Tobias Downer<BR>
Sent: Tue 1/29/2008 8:02 PM<BR>
To: [email protected]<BR>
Subject: Re: Any update on Mckoi's status?<BR>
<BR>
I'm still here.&nbsp; I can understand your pessimism about the =
Mckoi<BR>
project.&nbsp; However, the project is not going to be in limbo for =
much<BR>
longer and I'll be putting all doubts about the project being =
abandoned<BR>
soon.&nbsp; Just the past two months I've been straightening out the =
SQL<BR>
parser, planner and optimizer in v2 and it's coming together =
nicely.&nbsp; As<BR>
soon as I have a build that is usable, it'll be up on the website.<BR>
<BR>
Version 2 is intended to return the project to the track it was<BR>
originally envisioned to take, that of a strict transactional =
database<BR>
codebase that is easy to understand and extend in any way a =
developer<BR>
may want, not just limited to SQL.&nbsp; To that end, I plan on adding =
a<BR>
great deal more documentation about how Mckoi works and examples of =
what<BR>
you can do with it to the website.&nbsp; I think people who are =
interested in<BR>
the workings of transactional databases will like this a lot and I'm<BR>
hoping it will open the project up to a wider audience that are<BR>
interested in more primitive data storage/query APIs but want the =
option<BR>
of going to a full featured SQL system when needed.<BR>
<BR>
There's a lot of new stuff I can't wait to show off.&nbsp; Don't be =
surprised<BR>
if a lot of new stuff suddenly starts happening around here.<BR>
<BR>
Toby.<BR>
<BR>
Alexander Molochnikov wrote:<BR>
&gt; The silence is deafening...<BR>
&gt;&nbsp;<BR>
&gt; I mean the silence of Toby, the original developer. If he is no =
longer<BR>
&gt; watching this mailing list, this speaks for itself. If he is =
watching,<BR>
&gt; but keeps silent, then this is even more telling.<BR>
&gt;&nbsp;<BR>
&gt; Either way, I am growing more pessimistic by the hour.<BR>
&gt;&nbsp;<BR>
&gt; And no, I do not expect a group of other Java programmers to pick =
up a<BR>
&gt; project that seems to have been abandoned. If the original authors =
did<BR>
&gt; not have enough interest and/or confidence in the merits of the =
project,<BR>
&gt; the outsiders never will.<BR>
&gt;&nbsp;<BR>
&gt; Maybe it's just me.<BR>
&gt;&nbsp;<BR>
&gt; Alex Molochnikov<BR>
&gt;<BR>
<BR>
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