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Drop ACID and Think About Data - The end of good old RDBS?

• AlisdairO 17y ago
  'the end of RDBS' is a gross overstatement. ACID and RDBMSs are a combination that is ideal for the vast majority of applications. You get flexible query and excellent data security, and the scaling issues associated with ACID only become significant when you're working on truly huge amounts of information. BASE is more appropriate for eBay or Amazon, but your average startup is better off with a mature, easy to code for ACID solution.