FWIW, as an end user completely unaware of FB internals, facebook.com is as fast as I need it to be. It’s called NewSQL [..] Pushed by companies such as Xeroun

FWIW, as an end user completely unaware of FB internals, facebook.com is as fast as I need it to be. It’s called NewSQL [..] Pushed by companies such as Xeround, Clustrix, NimbusDB, GenieDB and Stonebraker’s own VoltDB, It would be easy to accuse Stonebraker of tooting his own horn, but NewSQL vendors have been garnering lots of attention, investment and customers over the past year. Hmm...