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> However, there was nothing stoping Rethink from building their own service and promoting it as the "official" RethinkDB service. Nothing except the facts tha
by dorktastic 10y ago
> However, there was nothing stoping Rethink from building their own service and promoting it as the "official" RethinkDB service.
Nothing except the facts that writing a database engine and doing DBaaS are two entirely different things to get right, it would have required at least double the money and headcount, it would have caused even more risk on the consumer side, and ultimately diluted RethinkDB's core competency. Other than that, great idea.
- elchief 10y agosure, but in hindsight would have been a better business move
- nemo44x 10y agoExactaly. It would have given them a chance. Some runway. The alternative is obviously to go out of business.
- dorktastic 10y agoIn hindsight, it would have caused this news to happen in 2014, not 2016.
- nemo44x 10y agoWhich should be seen as an advantage, right? I'm guessing their employees and founders who are left with little to nothing would have been better off not squandering the last 2 years of their professional lives. Fail fast, right?
- mglukhovsky 10y agoI can only speak for myself, but as one of the founders, I don't regret a minute of the time I've spent building RethinkDB.
- nemo44x 10y agoThat's a great attitude and you all have so much to be proud of. You did something and made something pretty cool. Good luck.