JunoDB: PayPal’s Key-Value Store Goes Open-Source

Re:JunoDB: PayPal’s Key-Value Store Goes Open-Source by anonylizard on Saturday May 20, 2023 @08:57PM (#36017027)

Its open sourced because.

1. Internally, its a legacy tech that's slowing people down and costing $$$ to maintain.

2. Its not something that'll give any competitor a leg up. Given its a completely saturated market even 10 years ago.

3. Hence, open source it, in the hopes someone will improve/maintain it for free

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Re:JunoDB: PayPal’s Key-Value Store Goes Open-Source by negermeister on Saturday May 20, 2023 @09:04PM (#36017058)

Sure, it's likely what happened. Even if PayPal open sourced everything tomorrow, it wouldn't be useful. PayPal's competitive advantage is in its banking licenses and existing customer base. You can't build your own PayPal even if they gave you all the code.

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Re:JunoDB: PayPal’s Key-Value Store Goes Open-Source by tentacleuno on Sunday May 21, 2023 @08:11AM (#36020090)

Re: 1, how do you know this? Or are you basing this off an assumption?

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