ACM – Beyond Relational Databases Interesting ACM article pointing out some of the obvious requirements of new applications and the weaknesses of RDBMs to fill those needs. The artcile could easily have gone into greater depth on how this niche is being filled. I personally have experience with a variation of B+ trees that is being used in graphical databases for FPS games. One of the sentences that stuck out was “The database must also avoid making decisions about network protocols.” Interesting observation. The only problem I face with this higher level of database abstration is the increased complexity of installation, tweak and management that each additional feature adds to the system. Thanks Simple Thoughts