[mattashii]

> If SQL weren't so (needlessly) complex we would see much more competition across the database space.

I think there is more competition across the database space now than back when the SQL spec was less complex (say, in 1989 with SQL-89).

Also, much complexity in the spec comes from complex features; I really like grouping sets and window functions, and sure, that adds complexity; but it does allow users to express certain concepts that allow the database to more efficiently process data than sending everything to the user and letting the user solve the computations.