> From: Shawn Hayes > To Symeon's point, there are some key componants missing > (like sharding as you point out) but the architecture of the > database is the 'selling point'. We don't just know 'U2', we > understand and have realized the advantages of multivalue > databases in real life applications.
I think his point was that being an expert with this environment doesn't translate to the sort of expertise one expects from someone who compares different environments and makes recommendations based on deep insight. As an example, I am a D3 expert and I have a fairly deep expertise with most MV environments, but I can't claim to be a real expert with the U2 products in the same way as many of our respected colleagues here. In fact, one might say there is no such thing as U2 expertise. Some people are experts with either Unidata and/or Universe. Being an expert with one doesn't translate to expertise with the other, any more than being an MV expert qualifies us to respond to many concerns of the NoSQL market. Frankly, being a MV/U2 expert doesn't even qualify most people as being a database expert. Many people know how to manipulate these environments but their approach to creating a database remains quite basic. One reason for this is that many MV developers have never actually created a full/complex database, only small extensions to existing enviroments, themselves often created by people who didn't have much of a clue. I think people need to form a thorough understanding of NoSQL definitions, concerns, fringe perspectives, etc. From there we as a community will be better qualified to pitch MV as a solution to NoSQL concerns. Going at it half-baked won't speak well for our overall offering. Tony Gravagno Nebula Research and Development TG@ remove.pleaseNebula-RnD.com remove.pleaseNebula-RnD.com/blog Visit PickWiki.com! Contribute! http://Twitter.com/TonyGravagno _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
