“But perhaps a more important thaw that might be beginning – the longer and deeper freeze in thinking about databases
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As well as this talk, there was a whole track on alternative databases hosted by Kresten Krab Thorup. One of the additional tools mentioned there was Neo4J – a graph (network) database tool that earned some rare praise from Jim Webber.”
Fowler’s article concludes that databases need to move closer to applications and not be the base of integration any more.
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