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Re:MariaDB to be acquired by Runa Cap? by nickstinemates on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @03:04PM (#37574744)
They sell support to anyone with a MariaDB database that needs it. Many customers. Pretty cheap.

Source: Used to work there.

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Re:MariaDB to be acquired by Runa Cap? by throwawayllaq on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @03:38PM (#37575275)
The original way of making money with FOSS that folks like Hashicorp and InfluxData fail to understand while they push for unicorn status.
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Re:MariaDB to be acquired by Runa Cap? by pjmlp on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @03:46PM (#37575405)
Except that model doesn't work for all software use cases, specially desktop software.
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Re:MariaDB to be acquired by Runa Cap? by kelnos on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @03:55PM (#37575570)
Most of HashiCorp's and InfluxData's products are server-side cloud stuff, though, yeah?
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Re:MariaDB to be acquired by Runa Cap? by pjmlp on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @04:24PM (#37576004)
Not when the product is a programming language for infrastructure management.
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Re:MariaDB to be acquired by Runa Cap? by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @06:19PM (#37577739)
> The original way of making money with FOSS

But at risk because a large company can offer the support as part of a larger offering. For example, if you were a large company on AWS or Azure, would you rather get your MySQL/MariaDB support through MariaDb or through Amazon/Microsoft?

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Re:MariaDB to be acquired by Runa Cap? by nickstinemates on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @07:35PM (#37578556)
I think I'd want support from the people who wrote the software.
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