The problem was SQL got standardized, and became static. There is so much room for innovation in the database language space, but that would mean breaking compatibility with the SQL standards...
> The problem was SQL got standardized, and became static.
SQL hasn't been static since it was first standardized, much like C++ hasn't. However, there's may be a good case that many of the central, underlying design decisions that are by now difficult to extract without tossing the whole thing overboard could have been done better with the benefit of several decades more experience in PL design and understanding of how databases are used.
