Great post. NoSQL seems to be a band-aid. And for some problems, the best solution is to rip off the band-aid :) My thoughts at http://hypecycles.wordpress.com

Great post. NoSQL seems to be a band-aid. And for some problems, the best solution is to rip off the band-aid :) My thoughts at http://hypecycles.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/look-ma-nosql/ http://hypecycles.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/look-ma-nosql/ SQL has survived because it is reasonably portable, is descriptive and has a rich ecosystem. NoSQL is a response to a problem but it is one that will not get mainstream adoption because it is non-standard. It is a great stepping stone; what comes out of it is hopefully a standards based scalable data storage and retrieval system.