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Stonebraker at it again (MapReduce vs DBMS)
This article is an improvement over the other earlier writings by Stonebraker, but still heavily slanted to show Vertica in a good light. I love how his vested interest in Vertica is never brought to light in the entire article, but the very first commenter spotted that immediately. The most off-putting statement though comes with the “stand on the shoulders of giants” reference. In other words, “DBMS is the Right Answer, as we’ve been saying all along, and you’re ignorant to think otherwise.” Nice.