Emil Eifrem discusses why Neo4J is releveant to Java Development
From the description:
Emil Eifrem has run a technology startup from both Malmo, Sweden and, now, Silicon Valley. He discusses the differences between Silicon Valley-based startups when compared to Swedish startups and he explains the reasons why Neo4J is relevant to Java developers. Emil discusses some of the challenges involved in running a startup and how Neo4J can help address database scalability issues. This interview with O’Reilly Media was conducted at Oracle’s OpenWorld/JavaOne 2011 in San Francisco, CA.
Each to his own but “why Neo4J is relevant to Java Development” isn’t the take away I have from the interview.
It isn’t fair to say the Semantic Web activity is “academic” and that is why it is failing. Google Wave wasn’t an academic project and it failed pretty quickly. I suppose being an academic at heart, I resent the notion that academics are impractical. Some are, some aren’t. Just as all commercial products don’t succeed simply because they have commercial backing. Oh, web servers for example.
Emil’s stronger point is that the Semantic Web does not solve a high priority problem for most users. Solve a problem a few people care about or who aren’t willing to pay the cost to solve, your project isn’t going very far.
Neo4j, for example, solves problems with highly connected data that cannot be addressed without the use of graph databases. That makes graph databases, of which Neo4j is one, very attractive and successful.
My take away: Emil Eifrem on Successful Startups (Ones With Solutions For High Priority Problems).
Great interview Emil!