This and NoSQL terms are so abused, because it shows that people who coined NoSQL or NewSQL, don't seem to understand databases. Also the whole thing reminds m

This and NoSQL terms are so abused, because it shows that people who coined NoSQL or NewSQL, don't seem to understand databases. Also the whole thing reminds me of this: https://mobile.twitter.com/edd/status/400190499585544192/photo/1 https://mobile.twitter.com/edd/status/400190499585544192/pho... It is missing NewSQL, which is happening right now, but it shows how we are going in circles. There are benefits of NoSQL, particularly for type of data that it is ok once in a while to have individual values wrong or missing (tracking users, shopping carts etc). CRDTs are also useful. I'm wondering what NewSQL would bring, but I'm thinking that we will go back to traditional relational databases once again. We probably end up with some kind of hybrid approach, and decide for given piece of data whether it should be distributed (at the cost of consistency) or vice versa.