[LambdaAlmighty]

Gentlemen, gentlemen.

ElasticSearch sits on top of MASSIVE investment money (closed series B). Your worries about developers needing a "second job" are not substantiated. This is not an evening hobby project of a starving developer.

And there's the rub: investors want their money back.

The pace and aggression with which ES pushes its products and services must only increase from now on. Better get used to it.

[simplechris]

Fair points, but I think it's important to highlight the distinction between Elasticsearch BV, (the company - who will try to continue to offer commercial services and support to grow their business - fair enough) and the Elasticsearch project, which is the open source project.

As a company, Elasticsearch BV will reinvest back into the Elasticsearch project, which will increase the adoption and value of their commercial services. Both exist independently, but the success of either improves the other.