The Future of Databases (opens in new tab)

>> "Nor do I expect developers to understand SQL."

I do not agree. I expect all of my developers to be proficient in both C# and SQL. I expect them to be able to properly design object oriented solutions and entity relations. And I expect them to know better than to use HTML tables for general purpose layout. There is no such thing as "one's natural paradigm".

This article is another classic case of confusing the logical schema with the physical implementation. The future of DBs is allowing more separation of the two, not less, and more end-user choice over a physical implementation that matches up well with actual access patterns.

I just hope the future is not in that font..