Noel,

Yes, I had to calm down a bit before writing the editorial. The comparison was, I thought, impertinent. The trouble is it does a great disservice to the NoSQL group, who seem to be a genuine special interest group with some interesting ideas for open-source BASE systems. It doesn't pose any threat to SQL RDBMSs at all as far as I can see from their presentations. A few wild men have rallied to their flag, but I suspect they'll soon drift off to the next 'big thing' in OODBMSs. Then, I reckon we could get some interesting ideas being generated from the group.