What is Microsoft doing to help the developer community take advantage of data mining technology?
Netz: Our goal is to transform data mining from a niche technology to a mainstream technology. This can be done only if enough application developers find it approachable. As we integrated data mining into SQL Server 2000, we built a set of interfaces that capitalize on what developers already know. If they understand the SQL language and know how to program in Visual Basic and use ADO [a popular data access interface], they can become data-mining developers within hours, with no prior knowledge of the technology, advanced statistics or mathematics. We believe that the ability to marry data-mining concepts with relational and OLAP (multidimensional) databases is a huge advantage to commercial and corporate developers because they can easily integrate data mining into their database applications in a natural way, with a flat learning curve. This ensures quick time to market and rapid deployment. We hope that this fast, easy route to data mining will expose hundreds of thousands of devel
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