For unsuspecting readers: this article talks about the feasibility of building a new practical DBMS. Database is the most critical piece of software for busines

For unsuspecting readers: this article talks about the feasibility of building a new practical DBMS. Database is the most critical piece of software for businesses, so it has already been thoroughly explored and researched. It's very difficult to find a better solution for existing problems. One should either invent a new paradigm or tackle unsolved problems to justify the cost of development. Technology-wise, writing a toy DBMS is nothing difficult. Even undergraduates can do it.