Future of Databases

Whatever one's doubts about vendors predicting 
futures for their own tools, one can say they don't 
quit trying.

"SAN JOSE, CALIF. -- Whether the future of databases is the traditional, relational and SQL model with XML technologies incorporated into it or a new XML-based model is a matter of debate, according to panelists during a session Tuesday at the Software Development Conference & Expo here."

http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/04/24/020424hndbfuture.xml?0424wepm