"NoSQL is simply a buzzword. It basically means 'anything but the old and trusty MySQL server in the attic', which includes a lot of alternative storage mechani

"NoSQL is simply a buzzword. It basically means 'anything but the old and trusty MySQL server in the attic', which includes a lot of alternative storage mechanisms. Even a simple text file can be considered a NoSQL solution" http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4255895/why-googles-bigtable-referred-as-a-nosql-database http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4255895/why-googles-bigta...