> Despite having used document oriented databases for many years(largely because they were shoved down my throat and I inherited someone else's architecture), I

> Despite having used document oriented databases for many years(largely because they were shoved down my throat and I inherited someone else's architecture), I never really managed to figure out why people find them so compelling. Well, filesystems are pretty good. It's the only document store I use (and mostly enjoy). But then you look at the trade-off with some think like just Maildir, and you really start to wonder if this schemaless document store thing is so great? I suppose the real shame is that proper object dbs like zodb or gemstone gets much less attention - they to have big trade-offs - but I feel they at least give back in terms of consistency and simplicity.