Interesting Conversation with MySql Lead Developer

I just finished reading a short interview with MySQL's Jim Starkey, who is a Senior Software Architect for MySql. The article describes where MySql is headed in the future.

The most interesting part I saw was this:

I think we've come around a number of circles. We started with blobs because they were unlimited in size, but soon all fields will be unlimited, so blobs can fade away. The relational model was good because it was simple, but now needs semantic extensions to keep it alive going forward. SQL was once good because it worked well on a network, but SQL on the wire is now the limiting factor in system performance. To save it, we need to get off the wire and into a sandbox within the database server. To do that, we need to learn to think differently about how applications are designed and deployed.

Just imagine. No field length requirements! Oh the simplicity of it all! To be able to bake a cake app without having to worry about restraints. This is very exciting!

Let me know what you think.