I could have easily written the same post months ago, yes. None of these thoughts are new. It's actually precisely because FDB isn't a perceived competitor any

I could have easily written the same post months ago, yes. None of these thoughts are new. It's actually precisely because FDB isn't a perceived competitor anymore that I can write this. As a vendor, I actually have much less of an agenda now. It's not like I'm worried about FDB stealing a customer. If I had posted this months ago, it would have been less credible and it would have felt tacky. The other point is that I think there's actually something to say here. I'm not just dumping on a dead product, I'm trying to show there's a lesson to learn here about trying to bolt SQL onto things (a trend). To contrast, if NuoDB disappeared tomorrow, I could write a solid post on why they could never technically achieve what their marketing said they could, but there's no lesson there. "Don't make bad engineering choices" is too generic.