MongoDB Raises $150 Million at $1.2 Billion Valuation

Re:MongoDB Raises $150 Million at $1.2 Billion Valuation by ArbitraryLimits on Friday October 04, 2013 @12:37PM (#6496369)

Am I just too old for HN now?

I can understand calling something that holds your data and makes it so you don't have to do JOINs a database.

I can understand calling something that holds your data and does JOINs for you a database.

I'm having trouble calling something that holds my data and makes it so I have to "JOIN in my application" anything but a file system.

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Re:MongoDB Raises $150 Million at $1.2 Billion Valuation by untog on Friday October 04, 2013 @01:32PM (#6496712)

I don't know, what is the definition of a database? I'd be surprised if it mandated joins.

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