Before a couple years ago (when elastic started digging deeper into the paid addon realm), I don't think they could've forked and been able to keep enough compa

Before a couple years ago (when elastic started digging deeper into the paid addon realm), I don't think they could've forked and been able to keep enough compatibility / community around their fork to make it as useful and compatible with everything Elasticsearch did. But today, I think they have a 50/50 shot of the Amazon-forked ES version becoming the de-facto standard, and Elastic's fading into obscurity.