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Re:Serverless Architectures by prodigal_erik on Monday July 18, 2016 @02:57PM (#12117321)
Getting locked into free software like PostgreSQL is a lot less risky than getting locked into a proprietary system whose owner could gouge you or evict you at your most vulnerable moment.
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Re:Serverless Architectures by nickpsecurity on Monday July 18, 2016 @03:39PM (#12117575)
Exactly. There's slmost no comparison given a proprietary company can straight-up tell you "No, we will no longer sell you the product even if you will pay big $$$ for it. "

Not theoretical: Microsoft, Borland, IBM, HP, Oracle/Sun... all did it at least once with Microsoft doing it many times. They're not open, which drives up the cost of exiting dramatically.

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Re:Serverless Architectures by themihai on Monday July 18, 2016 @09:09PM (#12118916)
Google should be on that list too.
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