I had to laugh (just a bit) at this on the exhibitor floor at
Oracle Open World 2013. There was a large MongoDB presence at the
Slot 301. There are a few reasons.
First, the identity crisis remains. There is no MongoDB in the
list of exhibitors, it’s 10gen, but where is the 10gen
representation in the sign. 99.99% of attendees would not know
this.
Second, the first and only slide I saw (as shown below), tries to
directly compare implementing a solution to Oracle. The speaker
made some comment but I really zoned out quickly. Having worked
with MongoDB, even on one of my own projects, contemplated the
ROI of being proficient in this for consulting, even discussing
at length with the CEO and CTO, and hearing only issues with
MongoDB with existing MySQL clients, I have come to the
conclusion that MongoDB is a niche product. It’s …
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