Ok everyone, calm down. I think it is obvious that the author knows that he is comparing apples to oranges here... but that isn't the point. The point of this

Ok everyone, calm down. I think it is obvious that the author knows that he is comparing apples to oranges here... but that isn't the point. The point of this article was to quantify the difference. His work accomplishes that for these specific tests very well. Yes, we know relational systems are better in these cases, but it is useful for those considering no-sql solutions to see this kind of hard data.