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Elastic is a public company worth 15B dollars now. Not the underdog. > at what threshold should someone ... stop caring You’re not caring about OSS, but about
by jiofih 6y ago
Elastic is a public company worth 15B dollars now. Not the underdog.
> at what threshold should someone ... stop caring
You’re not caring about OSS, but about keeping your turf and “ownership” of a product that is not yours. There really is no question here that Elastic is the one doing the “corporation” move and not the other way around.
> to undermine the business that was setup to sustain it
Successful OSS don’t need one business to sustain them, they rely on the combined efforts of their users - including Amazon. They have no reason to undermine a project that makes them money.
- youngtaff 6y agoThey're an underdog when compared to Amazon…
- jiofih 6y agoIf you’re simply thinking of size, consider Amazon is a 500x more diversified business. I doubt they pull anywhere near as much revenue as Elastic does (half a billion/year) from their Elasticsearch hosting alone. Apples and oranges.