> it shouldn’t be treated as anything more than a nosql document store with mature replication. For years, Windows NT claimed to have Unicode support, but what

> it shouldn’t be treated as anything more than a nosql document store with mature replication. For years, Windows NT claimed to have Unicode support, but what they called Unicode was in fact the UCS subset that used 2 bytes for each character. They still haven't adopted UTF-8 which is ubiquitous on the web. Windows uses NTFS which is a mess ridden by compatibility constraints. For instance, the recent releases of NTFS at last introduce a snapshot feature, but mounting the volume may destroy the snapshot. FAT was even uglier. Linux and BSD are fully compatible with many mature file systems, while Windows has few options. Windows should not be treated as anything more than a volatile UI with mature drivers. Windows is dangerous and everyone should switch to Linux or BSD (MacOS for the hipsters). /sarcasm As inconsistent and dangerous as it may be, MySQL is more than a nosql document store.