[angersock]

> It would be great for these smaller firms that cant or wont pay the license fees for a commercial offering until they get larger.

Why should we give that work away for free, especially if it's not that hard to roll your own for most small-scale needs?

[derefr]

Small company doesn't mean small scale, if the data is purchased/licensed instead of primary data. There are one-man startups trying to do build their business on analysis of Facebook-sized data-sets.

[angersock]

> There are one-man startups trying to do build their business on analysis of Facebook-sized data-sets.

Then maybe they should learn how to write their own databases, or pay people for their expertise. :)