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Re:Homebrew removes MongoDB from core formulas by mbreese on Monday September 02, 2019 @10:03PM (#20863152)
I certainly don’t disagree with you on principle. It’s just a bad example in this specific case because A is roughly equivalent to B in this case.

Also, Amazon doesn’t have the same reputation as Google for killing products, so it’s a pretty safe bet. And AWS will be around for quite a long time. The financial stability of MongoDB (the company) isn’t as guaranteed.

Maybe the parent’s company’s processes did work in this case.

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Re:Homebrew removes MongoDB from core formulas by nevi-me on Monday September 02, 2019 @10:24PM (#20863252)
They're roughly equivalent, but what if B costs a tenth of A?

It's not about the safety of the bet, because from an OSS perspective, the issue seems to be that many are moving away from MongoDB to something even more opaque. I don't follow AWS, but do they publish a roadmap of planned changes in their document DB?

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Re:Homebrew removes MongoDB from core formulas by DangitBobby on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @02:52AM (#20864200)
Does Google have a reputation for killing Enterprise products? I thought it was just consumer products that they offer for "free" that are subject to getting the axe.
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