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Re:MongoDB is to NoSQL like MySQL to SQL - in the most harmf... by ekimekim on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @04:20AM (#6716689)
The reasoning is:

1. MongoDB and MySQL have similar market penetration

2. MongoDB and MySQL both have limitations

(these statements are independent)

Then, from 1 and 2, he concludes 3: In the same way that MySQL gives SQL a bad reputation, MongoDB gives NoSQL a bad reputation.

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Re:MongoDB is to NoSQL like MySQL to SQL - in the most harmf... by choult on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @04:22AM (#6716698)
The problem for MongoDB is that its limitations are far less understood by its users than with MySQL.
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