Re:The Confused World of "NoSQL"
by simonw on Monday November 30, 2009 @01:31PM
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This article confused me. CouchDB and Redis in the same category?
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Both are non-distributed (in the autopartitioning sense that everyone but couch uses the term, rather than the "distributed" as in Lotus Notes of couchdb), both have robust, non-sql query models, ...
So yeah, for the categories he defines, that's what makes sense.
The magic in this case being "for the categories he defines." I do so much enjoy articles that re-define the general consensus on terms so that the author can try to shift entries among categories in a way that makes their product look better. It feels like watching a biologist try to create a taxonomy based on "greenness" and "whether or not this creature tastes good when served with hollandaise sauce."