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Re:How did SQL get so popular? by silentbicycle on Wednesday June 03, 2009 @06:21PM (#640577)
Postgresql is free.

I'm not going to claim it's perfect, but it's pretty damn good, and postgres + intelligently used caching (such as memcached) goes a long way.

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Re:How did SQL get so popular? by kragen on Wednesday June 03, 2009 @09:44PM (#640807)
Well, you're right that licensing cost can't be the reason, although ten years ago it could have been. But I think the "inherently scalable" item may have something to it.
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