Yep, great examples, and also _extremely_ unique examples. Most of us will not be building a Facebook any time soon. Hence my argument that relational dbs are here to stay for a while. Just because they don't work for Facebook doesn't mean it won't work for the 99.99% of the rest of us. ;) Just like your argument about cars. Yes they could be build better - I'm sure the standard tank is a lot better than a car - but it isn't cost efficient or practical for the majority of us.
On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 6:45 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[email protected]> wrote: > > facebook. > amazon s3 > most cloud computing db's > > > > On Nov 28, 2009, at 6:23 PM, Vivec wrote: > >> >> hmm...realies? >> What are all these applications that don't use relational databases to >> handle large volumes of data? >> >> 2009/11/28 Raymond Camden <[email protected]>: >>>> The newer apps I've been seeing are relying less on relational databases >>>> for their storage so querying a recordset becomes less important. >>> >>> Sure - because not every app needs a relational database. I think it >>> would be foolish to assume so - just as it is foolish to assume >>> objects should be used everywhere >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:308639 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
