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What? FoundationDB disappeared down the memory hole whenever Apple acquired them.
by sidewndr46 2y ago
What? FoundationDB disappeared down the memory hole whenever Apple acquired them.
- hansihe 2y agoIt's still open source and actively maintained by Apple, they use it internally. https://github.com/apple/foundationdb https://github.com/apple/foundationdb
- mdasen 2y agoIt is now. There were a few years where it had basically disappeared (2015-2018). When Apple eventually put it back in the open-source world, it was done with little fanfare so it could be easy to miss.
- jen20 2y ago> put it back in the open-source world Just to clarify - FoundationDB was never open source before 2018. Binaries were available under certain conditions, but no source.
- dtf 2y agoDeno KV uses FoundationDB, for example: https://deno.com/blog/building-deno-kv https://deno.com/blog/building-deno-kv
- geenat 2y agosame guy who wrote mvsqlite btw
- ddorian43 2y agoIt re-appeared after 10 or so years though.
- sidewndr46 2y agoReally, what is the reason why?
- ddorian43 2y agoApple thought it would be in their best interest to release it.
- jwr 2y agoApple acquired the company in 2015 and 3 years later open-sourced the database. (so much misinformation in this thread, this isn't hard to check)