No, no figures to back it up. This is just based on anecdotal experience, having never seen very many businesses that actually prioritize consistency or testing or validating it. The fact that Kyle keeps on finding these massive problems in popular databases is part of that anecdotal evidence.
Obviously people want correctness; they would like their databases to not randomly lose data. Hence the fact that it's a highly advertised feature.
But when it actually comes down to selecting a database, convenience and performance seem to be what people actually compare on, there are very few places that actually hire someone like Kyle to dig in and verify the the consistency claims about a database.
Obviously people want correctness; they would like their databases to not randomly lose data. Hence the fact that it's a highly advertised feature.
But when it actually comes down to selecting a database, convenience and performance seem to be what people actually compare on, there are very few places that actually hire someone like Kyle to dig in and verify the the consistency claims about a database.