[legostormtroopr]

That's an divisive statement. I'd blame people who were unwilling to invest the time in properly modelling their data on the rise of NoSQL.

Transactional consistency and data normalisation - pffft.

SQL is still doing very well running things behind the scenes.

[twblalock]

The problem is not data modelling. The problem is ensuring eventual consistency and synchronization of data in multiple datacenters around the world.

[snaky]

Talking about running things behind the scenes, mainframes with pre-SQL NoSQL DBs (ADABAS, IBM IMS) and even with no DBMS in a modern sense at all (running on TPF, working directly with Direct Access Storage Device records) are still doing very well.