apparently, as a supporter of the NoSQL movement, i would just like to state a small 'analogy'...
Imagine if someone from amongst our early ancestors hadn’t thought of creating the wheel, where would we be?
And so it is with NoSQL - it is just an alternative way of looking at a problem which in this case is that of databases and looks at it in terms of a non-relational model. Therefore, i would like to urge all who are 'hostile' towards it - just let us do what we want. If the results are not to your liking what can we do.
i personally believe that through pursuing the principles on which NoSQL is based we will manage to achieve something new that mayhap replace SQL.
Additionally, please do also give thought to the fact that Google's Big Table, Amazon's Dynamo and Cassandra can be thought of as part of NoSQl movement.. Rebels are at first turned away from society in general - but later on society realises that the rebels had the correct idea. Change is always essential to progress without which i would not have been typing this..
On another account (sorry for the detour) i am rather getting quite interested in Gopher these days. Anybody interested in Gopher?
[ I apologise for the non-tech response.]
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