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Isn't this the one that disappeared overnight? Good luck getting the people's trust again
by noncoml 5y ago
Isn't this the one that disappeared overnight? Good luck getting the people's trust again
- lokar 5y agoIt was a private company, was bought by Apple, and is now Apache 2.0 with major contributions from outside Apple.
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- Operyl 5y agohttps://github.com/apple/foundationdb https://github.com/apple/foundationdb https://github.com/foundationdb https://github.com/foundationdb EDIT: I forgot they were a commercial product before Apple open-sourced it after acquisition.
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- commoner 5y agoFoundationDB was pulled from market when Apple acquired it in 2015.[1] Apple re-released it as open source in 2018.[2] Since FoundationDB is FOSS this time around, it would be possible to fork it in case it becomes unavailable again. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9259986 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9259986 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16877395 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16877395
- Operyl 5y agoI completely forgot it was initially closed source, and only seriously considered it when it was opensourced in 2018. For the sake of the GP argument, though, I'd say that rebuilt an immense amount of trust in this case. My bad!
- srott 5y agoPerhaps you were referring to DabbleDB?