February 2013
1 post
C. Mohan's Keynote Paper on NoSQL for EDBT 2013,...
Finally, I got done with writing my paper http://bit.ly/NoSQLp “History Repeats Itself: Sensible and NonsenSQL Aspects of the NoSQL Hoopla” which will be the basis for the keynote talk that I will be giving at the EDBT 2013 conference (http://bit.ly/EDBTkn) in Genoa, Italy on 21 March 2013. Hopefully, the paper will have some impact :-) Some food for thought! This paper is a follow up...
April 2012
3 posts
Part 4: The NoSQL hoopla … What is NonsenSQL about...
A Request and an Offer to NoSQL Techies
In spite of my 3 blog posts on NoSQL (http://bit.ly/NoSQLt http://bit.ly/NoSQL2 http://bit.ly/NoSQL3), where I had clearly stated what my concerns were with the whole NoSQL movement and what I strongly feel are the problems with the modus operandi of the architects and designers of the NoSQL systems, many people are still misinterpreting my...
Part 3: The NoSQL hoopla … What is NonsenSQL about...
The Myths about Transactions (ACID) and NoSQL
There has been widespread characterization of one of the major distinctions between NoSQL and traditional DBMSs by saying that the former don’t care for ACID semantics or that transactions aren’t needed. This is an oversimplification to say the least. As long as the NoSQL system supports incremental updates by concurrent set of users (as...
Part 2: The NoSQL hoopla … What is NonsenSQL about...
After my first blog post made 2 days ago on the topic of NoSQL (see http://bit.ly/NoSQLt), which has been widely read (according to Google Analytics, 1100+ visits from 58 countries), I have been surprised to see some people’s knee-jerk reactions :-) That prompted me to post variations of the following on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+:
I wish people would read exactly what I...
March 2012
2 posts
Part 1: The NoSQL hoopla ... What is NonsenSQL...
After not looking at it seriously for a long time, during the last few months, I have been paying closer attention to the NoSQL phenomenon. I have been amazed at the amount of hoopla associated with it and the “anything goes” attitude of a significant fraction of the people using and/or working on such systems. Of late, it has become fashionable to diss RDBMSs, and a significant chunk...
Weaves by pavsmo: A Catch-22 paradox, inspired by...
My daughter Pavithra Mohan, on turning 22 today, has made a resolution to get back to writing regularly through traditional media like magazines as well as, for the first time for her, Web 2.0 or social media like tumblr (Weaves by pavsmo) and twitter (@PavithraSMohan). She even credits me in this post :-)
pavsmo:
Catch-22 is likely the most fitting descriptor for this day: having just turned...
