[maximilianroos]

While the timeline is rushed and the explanation is disingenuous, the sentiment here is way too reactionary.

- dbt has made a huge impact on the data ecosystem. It's made data engineers' lives way better, speaking from experience. It's so central that most new data tooling builds on top of or integrates with dbt.

- The core product is completely open-source, they have dozens of people working on it.

- It's good for the world if open-source companies can be profitable! We should want more of that. The overflow from open-source is much bigger than closed-source companies.

- It's good for the world if they can stay independent — getting acquired by e.g. Azure would be a decent exit for them, but would balkanize the ecosystem.

- dbt cloud was fairly cheap relative to competitors — something like Looker is multiples more expensive.

I wish Tristan had written "We need to increase our prices — we've had a huge impact on the space but don't yet have a reasonable path to profitability. And we're cheaper than these 5 comparable services!" rather than "isn't this great for you all". But they deserve a bit of leeway given their contributions.

[oxfordmale]

It is only the timeline I have a major problem with. If they had given us 6 months notice it would allows us to either negotiate a larger budget with the C-suite or migrate to a cheaper solution. With one month notice we are being held hostage. That doesn't take away from the fact that DBT is a great product.