I actually got a chance to chat about nosql with one of the people who coined the term "nosql" (here on hn, no less). It sounds like it was a term that got awa

I actually got a chance to chat about nosql with one of the people who coined the term "nosql" (here on hn, no less). It sounds like it was a term that got away from them a bit. I don't think anyone really intended to suggest that sql should be completely abandoned. notalwayssql, or maybeconsidersomethingotherthansql might have been better terms (well, not better, but more specific to what was actually intended). Relational databases and sql are an exceptionally sound approach to a lot of data storage and retrieval problems. Some of the "nosql" technologies emerged from new problems that emerged (such as full text indexing, networks). Progress is an interesting thing, and doesn't always happen on an even keel. These days, I think you're far less likely to encounter knee-jerk resistance to an rdbms or sql. The dust is settling a bit, and in this case, that's a good thing.