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0 pointsthefounder7y ago0 comments

What stops Google from open sourcing Datastore, or AWS from open sourcing dynamoDB? These cloud providers with proprietary services are the new Oracle. They are actually worse than Oracle b/c they can cut off your access to your database in seconds.

Google open sourced k8 so that they can get a pie from AWS and then lock you in with other proprietary services.

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Blackstone47y ago

> What stops Google from open sourcing Datastore, or AWS from open sourcing dynamoDB?

They have invested millions into creating cloud software. If they open source it, what is stopping other firms from taking that software and creating their own cloud offering?

Would you work for free? Would you open source all the work you have done?

martingxx7y ago

Its 2019 and people still confuse the different kinds of "free" when talking about open source software.

(Also, yes, I open source as much of my work as possible, and I'm paid to write it)

Also, AWS is BUILT on open source, they just don't open source the extra bits they added on top. Just like how Microsoft took an open source tcp/ip stack and open source web browser, added some stuff, and called it their own.

thefounderOP7y ago

They are also using millions worth of open source software.

Why would they open source it? To provide a way out to customers. They don't even provide a mongo-like license.

I can't forget a session at Google I/O how they were insisting that appengine is not open source because we are too dumb to understand it....yeah sure what about k8, now? I can run it on my Mac, I even contributed few commits.

scarface747y ago

DynamoDB is dependent on many of AWS’s services and infrastructure.

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