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Eric Frenkiel claims building a database in 14 months is a record

Eric Frenkiel · Panel discussion // Data Driven NYC #13 // Dec 2012 · Dec 5, 2013 · at 8:39

Eric Frenkiel, co-founder of MemSQL, discusses the aggressive engineering timeline required to build their database from scratch.

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“Doing it in 14 months is pretty much, I think, you know, a record.”

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Building a database from scratch in 14 months is pretty much a record.

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