Interesting post, Whitney. I had no idea that a "no SQL" movement existed. I posted a few thoughts from the developer perspective at geekswithblogs.net/.../...-for-the-right-job.aspx.

I hadn't been using my rss reader for a while and I have a huge backlog of stuff to catch up on. Glad to have taken to time to catch up on your blog though. Cheers.

Are you ready for a world without SQL  , alright that made me curious. I have  begun to develop utilising Silverlight but  am realising it is a large learning curve.  My earlier experience is with mysql, php, most linux based tools and flash. The challenge of utilising Silverlight to produce an acceptable page structure which functions rapidly in all the established web browsers, Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox and Google Chrome seems a large headache that I find is taking umpteen hours to master.  Interesting to study your opinions and the remarks in your website on Silverlight.  I feel the tutorial sites and Microsofts Silverlight site are inflexible and address the same points, discussion in blogs often covers actual ways to overcome issues that takes me through the learning curve more quickly.  Thanks for the note, it has helped in a small way to take me through the migration.