[Radim]

Indeed, this comparison seems fishy.

Nevertheless, I'll take a moment to predict that articles like this will be only becoming more and more frequent in time. Hadoop has entered its "enterprisey" stage, with massively complex, cumbersome code, arcane performance tuning, bullshit consulting business built around it (complete with books and "certificates")...

The more agile competitors will be snapping at its flanks (and ankles), sometimes without merit, and sometimes with.