Re:A data modeling challenge: relational vs document oriente...
by mschireson on Tuesday May 10, 2011 @05:20PM
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Thanks. Didn't expect as much interest as I got - would definitely have worked longer on the post if I thought thousands of people would have read it :)
My view is not that relational is bad, but that the world needs an alternative.
It may be useful at times to frame the debate in terms of time to market, secondary apps, etc. The relational model necessarily presupposes you will use the database for more than one thing, and over an extended period of time, thus warranting a high up-front investment and agnostic model. This may be right in some cases, but often times it's more important to publish early, bootstrap yourself, and start iterating.