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> Nevertheless Amazon uses Oracle Database to run their business. Even though they don’t want to. ... In the end, they will still use SQL—just not the Oracle Da
by hodgesrm 8y ago
> Nevertheless Amazon uses Oracle Database to run their business. Even though they don’t want to. ... In the end, they will still use SQL—just not the Oracle Database.
I really dislike articles that try to make it sound like smart companies like Amazon and Facebook don't know what they are doing. Amazon has never said they won't use SQL. They have an innovative set of AWS SQL offerings including RDS, Aurora, and Redshift.
In fact, I would argue that Amazon Web Services is responsible as much or more than any other vendor for 'The Revival of Great SQL Ideas' that this article discusses. For evidence look at 'Amazon Redshift and the Case for Simpler Data Warehouses' by Gupta et al. [0] Amazon has profoundly altered data management not just in the SQL arena but across the board.
[0] https://event.cwi.nl/lsde/papers/p1917-gupta.pdf https://event.cwi.nl/lsde/papers/p1917-gupta.pdf (Paragraph 3 of the abstract is my favorite part--it's a brilliant formulation of the problem they are solving.)