Re: MongoDB is Web Scale

From: Jan Hidders <hidders_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 07:55:25 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <842fc128-a859-42ba-a72c-201295defa58_at_googlegroups.com>


Op maandag 22 oktober 2012 21:19:41 UTC+2 schreef Roy Hann het volgende:
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> > On Friday, October 19, 2012 1:02:40 PM UTC+1, Roy Hann wrote:
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> >> There is no point comparing SQL and NoSQL. You might as well compare
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> >> geometry and singing .
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> > Oh, I agree.
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> > You didn't actually watch the video, did you?
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> I did actually, and while it strove for a kind of balance, it was
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> counterproductive in that it falsely implied there was a debate even to
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> be had.

I strongly disagree. There *is* a discussion to be had here and it is raging right now in both academia and industry. Unless the relationalists are going to realize this and manage to contain their usual arrogance and become more realistic and careful about the claims of the RM they will loose this debate very fast.

  • Jan Hidders
Received on Thu Oct 25 2012 - 16:55:25 CEST

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