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Shouldn't be illegal to buy a competitor that do exactly the same things as you when the sum of the market share is greater that 50% ? I know it depends on the
by julienfr112 8y ago
Shouldn't be illegal to buy a competitor that do exactly the same things as you when the sum of the market share is greater that 50% ? I know it depends on the definition of the relevant market that could be "hosted mongodb" ( mlab+atlas are maybe 70% of the market ) or "hosted documents DB" (maybe 40%) or "hosted DB" (maybe 5%). What do you think ?
- MaxBarraclough 8y agoThe issue is whether it's bad for the customer, right? There's the possibility that things could worsen, as there's the loss of competition. There's also the possibility things could improve, as there could be a concentration of effort on one product-suite rather than several. I'm inclined to be optimistic in this case, as there's still competition from non-managed Mongo. If they go nuts with their price-point, people have the option to just dump them and manage their databases themselves. They don't have proper lock-in, as the data can be exported with relatively little fuss. They earn their keep by delivering value to the customer month after month.
- julienfr112 8y agoI think in all case I'm better when I can choose between mlab or Atlas than when I've no choice. The US has an history of allowing monopolies that I really can't understand, for exemple Facebook acquisitions or more recently, GitHub.
- MaxBarraclough 8y agoTrue, but these are small players, not enormous corporations, so I'm less cynical.
- julienfr112 8y agoqui vivra verra - time will tell Maybe it's time to lauch a competitor, by starting new leveraging kubernetes or whatever new tools exists now and by benefiting the time they will spend merging products and teams.
- MaxBarraclough 8y agoIf you think it would be quick, safe, and easy to produce a competing product of the same quality, then absolutely.