> But plain text storage, with a good toolset, is arguably the best approach for vast amounts of textual data. I find it way easier to manage data in a databas

> But plain text storage, with a good toolset, is arguably the best approach for vast amounts of textual data. I find it way easier to manage data in a database than in flat files. I'd be interested to hear your argument that plain text is best, and what scenarios does it apply to?