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With the ability to construct tables of numbers, one could use MS-Word to balance your checkbook. However, it would suck. It would be a major step backwards.
You think I’m silly for saying that, right?
Well this report is getting a lot of press. A bunch of database gurus are complaining that MapReduce is a major step backwards. (MapReduce: A major step backwards).
It’s an equivalent comparison.
(oh, and for their boast that returning to C++ instead of a higher level language like C++, they don’t even mention that Sawzall is, for all intents and purposes, what they are crying out for.)
In other news, this brand new microwave oven I’ve bought is absolutely a step backwards from automobiles and trains that I previously used to get to work.
A much more mature response is here.
You think I’m silly for saying that, right?
Well this report is getting a lot of press. A bunch of database gurus are complaining that MapReduce is a major step backwards. (MapReduce: A major step backwards).
It’s an equivalent comparison.
(oh, and for their boast that returning to C++ instead of a higher level language like C++, they don’t even mention that Sawzall is, for all intents and purposes, what they are crying out for.)
In other news, this brand new microwave oven I’ve bought is absolutely a step backwards from automobiles and trains that I previously used to get to work.
A much more mature response is here.
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Date: 2008-01-21 02:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-21 03:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-21 09:38 pm (UTC)It is interesting though -- I'm guessing the frame of mind came from whatever the request was that was mentioned at the beginning. For instance, I see that column as a GREAT response to "Do you think MapReduce will eliminate the need for database systems?"
But seeing the answer on its own, yes, it's a bit odd. Perhaps it should have been jabbed at more, like "it's comparing apples to oranges, here's where MapReduce is good and here's where DBMSs are good."