The Windows Club reports on a new MS whitepaper: NoSQL and the Windows Azure Platform.
To give you an idea of the “flavor” of the whitepaper, consider the following paragraph:
But tooling has its value, and that value tends to increase over time, when the imperative of raw implementation has passed and need for smooth maintenance and troubleshooting becomes more pronounced (and economically impactful). The design, diagnostic and operational monitoring capabilities of SQL Server’s tools are significant, and have evolved over the roughly 20-year existence of the product. These tools, including SQL Server Management Studio and its execution plan window, aid greatly in preventing problems, and in solving them quickly when they do arise. NoSQL databases’ more minimalist tooling approach leads to more manual and time-consuming management and troubleshooting than is the case with SQL Azure (which is compatible with SQL Server’s tools), and may also make the process more error prone. The cost impact of this can be significant.
MS should empower customers to choose between NoSQL and MS SQL Server solutions in using Windows Azure. The SQL Server group will continue to flog its products but it isn’t (or shouldn’t be) seen as synonymous with MS.
Being the road is a much stronger position than being a building along side the road. Roads get repaired, repaved, widened, extended, while buildings along side the road…, well, you know that part.