This paper discusses some related reasons why traditional relational databases are poorly suited to some modern applications: http://www.vldb.org/conf/2007/pape

This paper discusses some related reasons why traditional relational databases are poorly suited to some modern applications: http://www.vldb.org/conf/2007/papers/industrial/p1150-stonebraker.pdf http://www.vldb.org/conf/2007/papers/industrial/p1150-stoneb...