Michael Stonebraker Presentation

video: http://www.iqiyi.com/v_19rrkji7e4.html pdf: turing-china.pdf

MS拿自己骑自行车穿越美国的经历和构建Postgres类比。整个过程跌宕起伏，周期性地伴随着沮丧(depression)和兴奋(elation)，和Postgres非常类似：从开始信心爆棚地做一个RDBMS，然后发现投资有点问题也没有什么市场，然后随着internet泡沫火了一把，接着随着泡沫破灭回到现实，最后到被一家公司收购。用MS提到的两个短语概括最为合适serendipity(机缘巧合)和slog through the swamp(用中文说就是Great March, 长征)

• In the DBMS field, the ultimate arbiter of good ideas is the commercial marketplace
• In my opinion, technology transfer is best done through a startup
  • Large companies have their own agenda
  • Read “The Innovators Dilemma” by Clayton Christensen

做一个复杂系统的基本步骤是：(MS在最后面也说了RDBMS太难了)

• Have a good idea (or 2 or 3)
• Make it Happen (prototype)
• Start a company
• Hire superb implementers
• Hire talented execs
• Make It Happen (product)

(Have a good idea then Make It Happen for 10 years) 从idea到可用大约需要10年时间