[TYPO3-dev] The extbase dilemma

["Christian Müller (Kitsunet)"]

>
> Well, I hope all devs know about the capabilities of their tools,
> otherwise we're knee-deep in trouble.
> What get's me thinking is this (maybe Xavier can comment on this):
> Since MySQL has matured over the last 10 years we still only use a tiny
> subset of its features.
> Can someone explain to me why we don't use the full potential of the
> database?
>

I guess that is a case of dbal lowest common denominator for all 
possible db systems?