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The idea seems very interesting, but the non-free aspect of this seems likely to limit its uptake. I cannot install a version of this for small-scale, personal,
by locopati 15y ago
The idea seems very interesting, but the non-free aspect of this seems likely to limit its uptake. I cannot install a version of this for small-scale, personal, or not-for-profit needs other than using a non-durable VM that saves state only when suspended. Even if I buy into the Datomic pricing model and that pricing is not prohibitive, I am still bound to Amazon's pricing model (though hopefully that will expand over time to other cloud services to prevent vendor lock-in).
- drcode 15y agoI think Rich & the gang need to focus on a niche market for now as this technology matures. I expect they will work with a handful of enterprise clients for now but roll out "convenience features" in the future (i.e. easy to use and inexpensive hosting for smaller customers.)
- locopati 15y agoCertainly that's one approach. The one that seems more likely to generate widespread use is to put a tool in the hands of lots of developers, making it easy for more people to get involved and for unexpected uses to happen (e.g. MySQL v Oracle - though I'm not suggesting that the cost scales are equivalent here, it's merely the first example that comes to mind).
- jwhitlark 15y agoRich & co. have historically been more interested in being correct than being popular, especially at the early stages. I would expect to see more components show up fairly quickly, but not before they're ready for use.