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What will happen next? AWS will poach elastic developers. AWS will need to show the open source community what happens when someone revolts. They now need to de
by mikesabbagh 6y ago
What will happen next? AWS will poach elastic developers. AWS will need to show the open source community what happens when someone revolts. They now need to destroy elastic at any cost. I hope elastic has some large releases coming up, or some tricks up their sleeves
- fastball 6y agoDo people really believe Amazon is as predatory as this comment makes out? Amazon is winning because they've been delivering a better product in general. AWS was a game-changer when it came on the scene. They continue to add new services all the time. AMZN is not MSFT. Why would Amazon need to nerf the other guys when people like them better in the first place?
- smokey_circles 6y agoI don't think their intention is to Embrace, Extend, Extinguish, but I also think it's a side affect of being such a behemoth with a much better offering. I can't think of a way to offer an OSS product and make money in the "traditional" means of support when Amazon is around. You just can't compete with them because you're right: They are a MUCH better product. Not because they understand the software better than you (although I'm not saying they don't either), they just have more resources. Why can't we work together instead of being in direct competition, you know? There must be a way to do that
- fastball 6y agoWell that is what the other major cloud providers arranged with Elastic (licensing deals). AWS chose not to, and that's OK too. Elastic still pulled in $500M in revenue last year, so clearly you can compete with AWS in the market.