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> But too often people get in this mindset that old commercial products are meritless or whatever. There is a lot of that assumption. And then, there is the ve
by devy 8y ago
> But too often people get in this mindset that old commercial products are meritless or whatever.
There is a lot of that assumption. And then, there is the vendor lock-in licensing terms that commercial DB vendors utilize, in that database switching cost is just prohibitively high and impractical.
- manigandham 8y agoThe lock-in is not from licensing, it's from the features and performance. If you aren't using those capabilities then you didn't need that product anyway, and can use any number of migration tools to switch to a different database.
- devy 8y agoYes, most of factors for lock-in are from features and ecosystem and replacement cost. But in licensing negotiations, license up-sale, auxiliary products & services are definitely making the lock-in tighter - since you've just made the big investments, why switching?