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I'm thinking about writing a small article for my website about NoSQL solutions vs SQL. (Mybe I can get some googlebucks) I know its like shoveling sand against the tide of conventional wisdom and I know everyone is doing something similar, but I'm at the point where the frustration is killing me. Most of the "NoSQL" arguments against SQL databases are born from ignorance of databases. Take a look at the xtranormal video "MongoDB is web scale" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs). Anyway, I'm an old timer and generally pro-SQL and while I understand the areas where SQL has difficulty "scaling," I think some practical/pragmatic thinking will show that 99.99% of the web sites out there would be more than fine with SQL DBMS based data storage systems. People seem to either not know or forget just how well SQL performs and just how damn flexible and usable it really is. SQL databases aren't *just* about storing your data, no, they are about finding your data as well. Any rants/raves/comments either pro/con about NoSQL or SQL?
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