Nubank acquires Cognitect

Re:Nubank acquires Cognitect by clj_throwaway on Thursday July 23, 2020 @01:26PM (#23929789)

Banks and fintech often view their in-house tech as competitive advantages, and they usually don't care a whit about building cred in dev communities (a common reason why projects are OSS in the first place, to drive recruitment or promote a complimentary platform).

A good outcome isn't impossible, but it might be unprecedented

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Re:Nubank acquires Cognitect by lvh on Thursday July 23, 2020 @02:07PM (#23930291)

Rich Hickey literally bet his retirement savings on making Clojure, and owns all the IP. It seems unlikely he's just going to let them smother it.

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Re:Nubank acquires Cognitect by ilikehurdles on Thursday July 23, 2020 @02:41PM (#23930720)

Nubank has presented their tech several times at a number of conferences and I believe they often sponsor those conferences. It's not a traditional bank, like Airbnb is not a traditional travel agency, and Amazon is not a traditional bookstore. This is not your local neighborhood credit union or ancient behemoth running COBOL mainframes.

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Re:Nubank acquires Cognitect by kgwgk on Thursday July 23, 2020 @05:01PM (#23932208)

And telecommunications companies don't see their technology as a competitive advantage?

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