Comments on: NoSQL Startup Citrusleaf Launches, Promising the Moon

By: Brian Bulkowski

Brian Bulkowski — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:54:13 +0000

Dave, when you’re innovating in infrastructure, it’s necessary to use a hot term to get the word out. I started this project before NoSQL was a term. The fact that “noSQL” is the term for web-scale databases is a bit unfortunate, but I think we’ll see a revival of SQL as the interface of choice over the coming year.
The technical issues behind SQL vs NoSQL are interesting, and I can argue that the SQL abstraction layer is just too deep for a majority of today’s agile-style development. Certainly, we might agree that the monoculture of SQL does no good, and reliable databases with alternate interfaces are a positive step.
Whatever their name.

By: Dave Dagastin

Dave Dagastin — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:47:11 +0000

Aah, it seems like VCs and innovators are stuck around the idea of NoSQL. Here is another one, aptly termed in this article “NoSQL startup promising the moon!”.
I don’t think non-open-source is a non-starter for most companies as long as they get the right support and have no vendor lock-in. Even if MongoDB is open-source, I cannot expect my developers to go an fix it because we hit issues in production. Need 24×7 support no matter what software has to be used, or we risk our businesses.

By: Guillermo | Electric car app

Guillermo | Electric car app — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:13:50 +0000

I’m happy to see more competition in the nonSQL database market. We’ve been developing a web service using MongoDB and it is very good for high traffic services.