No. The author provides counterexamples to the argument, "RDBMSes don't scale." As for the "innovative work" versus "well-trod ground," there are still busines

No. The author provides counterexamples to the argument, "RDBMSes don't scale." As for the "innovative work" versus "well-trod ground," there are still businesses who need better, more innovative solutions to well-trod problems, and I, for one, am not willing to ignore money on the table. The problem I'm working on works well with a combination RDBMS/key-value system for different pieces of the puzzle.