Re: MongoDB is Web Scale

Jan Hidders wrote:

> Op maandag 22 oktober 2012 21:19:41 UTC+2 schreef Roy Hann het volgende:
>> > 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.
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> I strongly disagree. There *is* a discussion to be had here and it
> is raging right now in both academia and industry.

I must have expressed myself badly.

My point was that geometry and singing are fine things of their sort but they are in no way comparable or interchangeable. They simply have nothing to do with each other.

The "discussion" that you say is raging is no such thing, no matter much eager chatter there is from the NoSQL enthusiasts. They're just excited to realize they've been banging the wrong shaped peg into their hole. It remains to be seen whether NoSQL is the right shaped peg but I have no interest in their holes so I don't care.

> 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.

Good grief! Does "lose the debate" mean NoSQL displaces SQL? You can't possibly imagine that NoSQL is going to totally displace SQL in industry? (Not that SQL has much to do with the RM.)

You know what? I'm willing to sit back and let it--if it can. No debating; it can just show me. I'm not going to waste any energy fighting the SQL corner.

-- 
Roy