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It's a bit hard to argue that infrastructure software is dominated by open source. The stack behind Amazon Web Services is almost 100% closed. It's not just clo
by hodgesrm 11y ago
It's a bit hard to argue that infrastructure software is dominated by open source. The stack behind Amazon Web Services is almost 100% closed. It's not just closed source--Amazon rarely even comments about how services like S3, EBS, and Redshift work except when they fail. All of the DBMS they have developed are closed source as well. Closed source database innovation is alive and well.
- nickpsecurity 11y agoMost innovation in databases is either proprietary companies or small teams of academics. Of the proprietary companies, some choose to open source their work. Yet, it's still done in a proprietary style of one, paid team building it. Add in the fact that many OSS projects have paid or sponsored developers. All together, leads me to wonder whether most OSS should be considered proprietary development or how much community-driven efforts actually accomplish.