pros/cons of xml database

[Jonathan Duncan]

On 25 Aug 2010, at 08:48, Daniel C. wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 5:39 PM, Wade Preston Shearer
> <wadeshearer.lists at me.com> wrote:
>> Wikipedia and Google have come up light on information about XML databases. What are the reasons that one would choose this approach?
> 
> Stupidity? ;-)
> 
> (Keep in mind my views on XML are about five years out of date.)
> 

Wade, why are you considering XML?  Or are you just curious?  I have heard that Google and Amazon use a non-relational type database.