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> The Community Edition is distributed as an executable > binary and is a free edition of the commercial MemSQL > Enterprise Edition. You are free to down

> The Community Edition is distributed as an executable > binary and is a free edition of the commercial MemSQL > Enterprise Edition. You are free to download and use > MemSQL Community Edition within your organization. So.. how long until the same thing happens as happened with FoundationDB?

capkutay 11y ago
I think the FoundationDB acquisition by a company with no interest in selling enterprise products was an anomaly. A popular, commercial enterprise storage system that actually makes money would be an acquisition target from the likes or Oracle, SAP, EMC, etc...in that scenario, the acquiring company would have significant interest to increase adoption of the product and maintain the developer community versus completely shutting the product down.
- willvarfar 11y ago
  You mean like Oracle with MySQL? At least in that case the 'community' could move to MariaDB, which is not an option for non-Free databases like MemSQL.
  - ericfrenkiel 11y ago
    you can do the very same - MemSQL uses the MySQL-wire protocol so it works with any MySQL driver and tool.
    - lukaslalinsky 11y ago
      If MySQL was a drop-in replacement for MemSQL, you wouldn't need MemSQL in the first place. The reason you chose MemSQL is probably because it offers something that MySQL doesn't. If I can't take the source and continue using the product, it's a very different situation from MySQL/Oracle.
rjonesx 11y ago
While I am an enterprise user of memSQL now, I still have a machine running the beta version 1.0 from years back. It is still stable and still fast as hell.
- takeda 11y ago
  He's referring to what happened with FoundationDB. The announcement that they were bought by Apple was sudden and they pulled out all their downloads including open source ones. They didn't even update their webpage or give explanation why download links or github repos are gone. The biggest issue is that FDB is not available even if you would pay. So it sucked for anyone who decided to use it in production.
tjholowaychuk 11y ago
My thoughts exactly. Be careful people!

capkutay 11y ago

I think the FoundationDB acquisition by a company with no interest in selling enterprise products was an anomaly. A popular, commercial enterprise storage system that actually makes money would be an acquisition target from the likes or Oracle, SAP, EMC, etc...in that scenario, the acquiring company would have significant interest to increase adoption of the product and maintain the developer community versus completely shutting the product down.

willvarfar 11y ago
You mean like Oracle with MySQL? At least in that case the 'community' could move to MariaDB, which is not an option for non-Free databases like MemSQL.
- ericfrenkiel 11y ago
  you can do the very same - MemSQL uses the MySQL-wire protocol so it works with any MySQL driver and tool.
  - lukaslalinsky 11y ago
    If MySQL was a drop-in replacement for MemSQL, you wouldn't need MemSQL in the first place. The reason you chose MemSQL is probably because it offers something that MySQL doesn't. If I can't take the source and continue using the product, it's a very different situation from MySQL/Oracle.

rjonesx 11y ago

While I am an enterprise user of memSQL now, I still have a machine running the beta version 1.0 from years back. It is still stable and still fast as hell.

takeda 11y ago
He's referring to what happened with FoundationDB. The announcement that they were bought by Apple was sudden and they pulled out all their downloads including open source ones. They didn't even update their webpage or give explanation why download links or github repos are gone. The biggest issue is that FDB is not available even if you would pay. So it sucked for anyone who decided to use it in production.

tjholowaychuk 11y ago

My thoughts exactly. Be careful people!