in reply to Re: CPU cycles DO NOT MATTER! (EXPLETIVE!)
in thread CPU cycles DO NOT MATTER!
Oh the hype, the hype!
Google totally uses RDBMSes where they need using (hint: not for storing inverted indexes or computing directions). http://www.mysql.com/customers///customer.php?id=75
They even hack on MySQL to make it work and scale better: http://code.google.com/p/google-mysql-tools/wiki/Mysql4Patches
Not everything is a map-reduce job.
In Section
Meditations