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by mort96 817 days ago
I for one don't like it when companies do a bait-and-switch. It's fine to develop proprietary software, the problem is when you grow a user/customer base based on the fact that your software is open source and then turn it proprietary.
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With Redis it isn't even a case of "grow a user/customer base based on the fact that your software is open source and then turn it proprietary"

It's "buy the naming rights to an already popular piece of open source software and try to make a quick buck"

Trust no one. Be self sufficient.

I, for one, will take the risk, reap the benefits and move on when factors are no longer conducive to my goals.

So I take it you endorse the Amazon-backed fork? Amazon too strives to be self-sufficient, and has moved on from Redis because the factors are no longer conducive to its goals.