It only left in terms of attention from startups I suppose. I also disagree with the reason the article suggested - SQL could not handle the loads. My opinion is that startups simply liked the idea of not having a schema as it fit their agile approach. So, they went NoSQL because it allowed them to get going faster and change easier.

That, and they like to believe they need to scale like Facebook.

Sadly, this is a common reason.

Exactly! SQL was never dead.

SQL is dead. Long live SQL.