Completely moot point though as he demonstrates that even when kdb+ is advantaged by having data be indexed, LocustDB is still faster in 4 of the 5 queries he r

Completely moot point though as he demonstrates that even when kdb+ is advantaged by having data be indexed, LocustDB is still faster in 4 of the 5 queries he runs... So yeah, maybe the guy has no idea what to do with kdb - but ultimately having a fast, free and open-source database & query language beats a fast and expensive piece of commercial software.