Re: MongoDB is Web Scale
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:04:01 -0400
Message-Id: <20121025190401.02705fec.jklowden_at_speakeasy.net>
On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 07:55:25 -0700 (PDT)
Jan Hidders <hidders_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > I did actually, and while it strove for a kind of balance, it was
In academia? Et tu, Brute?
I am curious to know: What do you consider the very strongest argument
by the no-SQL folks? I have never seen one that didn't exhibit perfect
innocence of reational theory.
> Unless the relationalists are going to realize this and manage to
Well. The relationalists have been losing the argument for 30 years.
Ignorance outpaces knowledge in every generation, and the ratio of
programmers to DBAs is at least 10:1, assuring who'll win the voice
vote.
The only thing that's kept the RM afloat in this stormy sea is that its
sturdy construction allows it to continue to work, no matter how abused
or perverted.
> > counterproductive in that it falsely implied there was a debate
> > even to be had.
>
> I strongly disagree. There *is* a discussion to be had here and it is
> raging right now in both academia and industry.
> contain their usual arrogance and become more realistic and careful
> about the claims of the RM they will loose this debate very fast.
--jkl Received on Fri Oct 26 2012 - 01:04:01 CEST