On Sep 20, 2010, at 5:13 PM, Paul Davis wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Robert Newson <robert.new...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> A nice explanation. I've never quite known how to respond to people
>> that, when I discuss CouchDB with them, say "why not use Hadoop?".
>> Admittedly it's mostly because I'm trying to hold back a biting
>> comment, since there's really no commonality besides the use of
>> (distinct variants of) the Map/Reduce (family of) algorithm(s).
>>
>> B.
>
> M/R := Map/Reduce
>
> Generally, when I hear people comparing CouchDB M/R to Google M/R, I
> remind them that Google M/R isn't real M/R.
that would explain why they received a patent for it :)
> That generally shocks
> people enough that they're able to reconsider the differences and how
> the two things really aren't the same. Although if someone disagrees
> with you because they read the Google white paper on M/R you should
> feel free to make extended use of biting comments.
>
> HTH,
> Paul Davis
