> agreed, the implication is that the engine should do everything well. I don't think you mean "everything, equally well". But if you mean that database vendo

> agreed, the implication is that the engine should do everything well. I don't think you mean "everything, equally well". But if you mean that database vendors feel pressure to have their "RDBMS" be able to "be competitive" across a wide variety of use cases and metrics, I tend to agree.