NoSQL: Not Going Anywhere For a While?
Everyone seems to have their own problems with the NoSQL term, so here’s mine: it doesn’t mean anything. Not that terms have to be specific to be useful: is the term database really that descriptive?
But the challenge with NoSQL is that the name implies that it means something, and that’s enough for folks new to the space to form opinions on the matter. For better, maybe, but mostly for worse.
The reason NoSQL exists is simple: the long time assumption that if persistence is the question, a relational database is the answer. As far back as March 2005, I’ve been skeptical of the sustainability of that assumption and expecting increased acceptance of non-relational datastores. The predicted adoption took a wee bit longer than I anticipated, but it’s here now. This outcome was inevitable.
Not because relational databases are inherently flawed and poised to go the way of the dinosaur: they’re going to be around as long as I’m in this business.
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