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Re:The race to replace Redis by lenerdenator on Friday March 29, 2024 @11:14AM (#39865057)
The problem with this is, it's virtually impossible to compete against the FOSS trunk that your now-closed-source software branched off of, or FOSS clones of it. Low-end proprietary UNIXes got wiped out by GNU/Linux and the BSDs, for example.

Amazon, Google, MS, and all the rest easily have the talent and resources to create a Redis replacement with code that already exists. They'll do so because it is to their advantage to not charge for the license fees Redis now wants.

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Re:The race to replace Redis by fransje26 on Friday March 29, 2024 @01:56PM (#39867025)
How to saw off the branch you are sitting on..

> Amazon, Google, MS, and all the rest easily have the talent and resources to create a Redis replacement with code that already exists.

And they most possibly will. Goodbye, and thank you for the fish!

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