[gtycomb]

Only a data point here -- after I read about this license change on HN, it took me about 2 hours to struggle over the issue, discuss with my team, and switch from MongoDB to PostgreSql. We are very lucky in that we were into this project for only two months, prototyping and learning the ropes with MongoDB schema. With PostgreSql now, everyone feels secure in a familiar territory. Yes, we have to make changes and its not rocket science to move over.

The issue is not about having to buy a license here. The problem is the uncertainty with a product whose license agreement is being switched over mid-stream. It makes me weary of what else might happen with their license structure further down the road.

[tedivm]

I had actually started a new project two days before this drama started (my first MongoDB project in a couple of years) and made the same decision. This license is so bad I've lost faith in the company itself.

[chrisweekly]

weary (tired) -> wary (concerned)

not nit-picking, just attempting to help other readers who aren't native English speakers

[SOLAR_FIELDS]

For those that don’t know, they are sometimes pronounced the exact same, which is why they are often mixed up (see also affect and effect). Where I’m from weary is pronounced WEER-y though.

[yutghgh]

Not true (at least in the US): weary (at least the adjective) is pronounced with a "we" at the beginning, while wary is pronounced with a "wear" at the beginning.

[macintux]

I hear "weary" spoken so very rarely that I have no idea how it's pronounced here (Indiana). I can't even make up my mind how I pronounce it, but I'd wager it's almost, but not quite, indistinguishable from wary.

[afandian]

Of course it varies with accent and locale. So phonetic transcriptions don't help unless we use IPA. But in British English, "weary" has a diphthong and "wary" does not. Very distinctly different words.

On the subject, we pronounce "router" and "router" (two different words, same spelling) differently, one with a diphthong, one without.

[ars]

One is w-ee-ry the other w-ah-ry.

[pritambaral]

> w-ah-ry

I've always heard it pronounced way-ree.

[acct1771]

Ware-ee?

[macintux]

Yes...ish. That's the correct pronunciation, but neither are used frequently enough for me to be confident that's the actual pronunciation, and I'd wager it's different in different places.

[jazoom]

They're also sometimes spelled the same. Doesn't make it correct.

[gtycomb]

Thanks for saying it right. This will help me remember.

[sneak]

Mongo doesn’t need a questionable license to make Postgres a better choice.

[mrep]

Bullshit, every software and business decision has tradeoffs. To universally claim one decision is better in all cases is ridiculous.