> If many people are still making the mistake of using Hadoop when those costs outweight the benefits, it seems that understanding isn't quite wide enough.
That's probably true but, cynically, I tend to think a lot of the time when people use Hadoop they're not doing it because Hadoop is the best solution: they're doing it because the solution allows them to use Hadoop.
That's probably true but, cynically, I tend to think a lot of the time when people use Hadoop they're not doing it because Hadoop is the best solution: they're doing it because the solution allows them to use Hadoop.