> And then we sneer at them for having the audacity to try to stay open but stop these giants from using them and throwing them away. I'm sneering at the bait

> And then we sneer at them for having the audacity to try to stay open but stop these giants from using them and throwing them away. I'm sneering at the bait and switch. For what it's worth, MongoDB may have taken away business from more competent competitors that were upfront about being commercial projects. Given the nature of the database space, this has certainly been the case.