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The author is essentially arguing that platform-as-a-service companies like Amazon reduce the need for e.g. MySQL support contracts. This is probably true, but
by JoachimSchipper 16y ago
The author is essentially arguing that platform-as-a-service companies like Amazon reduce the need for e.g. MySQL support contracts. This is probably true, but "killing open source software" is overblown.
- wladimir 16y agoI'd argue it helps open source software: more people are using it. Pretty sure that Amazon EC2 caused a lot of people to try Linux servers. I also don't agree that Amazon support is entirely comparable with a real MySQL support contract. If you need a feature that requires changes to the code, the original developers are a better choice.
- dangrossman 16y agoThat situation won't ever occur. Once an individual/organization has chosen Amazon RDS, Amazon support versus MySQL support won't be a discussion. You have no direct access to the servers, so you can't make code changes.
- VBprogrammer 16y agoI completely agree, platform as a service is not killing open source. I would add that the exact opposite is a more compelling argument; almost all of the open source heavy companies (Facebook, Google, Amazon etc) are huge contributors back to open source projects. I suppose it might impact the revenue model of the commercial backers of certain open source projects, but I fail to see how this is otherwise detrimental to the users and contributors of open source software.