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BinaryIdiot
on May 24, 2016
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Scaling to 100M: MySQL Is a Better NoSQL
Ah you're right. GUID is Microsoft's implementation of UUID. I guess, much like how many refer to tissues nowadays as Kleenex, the terms kinda got mixed around. At least in my experience from seeing how they're used.
huehehue
on May 25, 2016
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Called a "proprietary eponym", for those curious.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/proprietary_eponym
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