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No software company goes from 0 to Cloud Spanner in 90 days... Any new company will continue to use Postgres. If GCP was smart they would make it free for life

• tmpz22 4y ago
  I think Spanner has always been targeted largely at mid-enterprise and bigger companies. Its potentially a VERY sticky product that may be tremendously difficult to offboard from. Small concessions like this 90 day trial doesn't really change that. Especially with my understanding that a lot of GCP leadership is ex-Oracle, the whole vibe of Spanner seems to be a run at Oracle's marketshare.
  • londons_explore 4y ago
    Even in a big company, products and projects start small. And when you are building a small product, you don't pick spanner. And when it grows, you don't bother migration unless what you're using currently can't scale.
• booi 4y ago
  > one in every 3000 customers would blow up and they could charge Oracle prices. don't give them any ideas..