Google's MapReduce suddenly not so backward
Phil Manchester writes, "The lack of SQL tools was one of the main criticisms levelled at MapReduce in January 2008 by database gurus Michael Stonebraker and David DeWitt. They hammered MapReduce for its failure to offer SQL, describing - to the consternation of many - Google's offering as "a major step backwards" in database technology." This has been rectified by Aster Data and Greenplum.
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