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		unityByFreedom on May 30, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PolarDB, yet another open source database system b... There would be no open source Elastic had Amazon not taken it on. It was a smart move and benefits their balance sheet to do so. The point though is that move was greater than replicating existing open source work.

funny_falcon on May 31, 2021 [–]

? Team on my previous workplace patched ElasticSearch to add functionality for years. Could thay do it if there were no open source Elastic?

unityByFreedom on June 2, 2021 | [–]

I agree you can't patch software without an actively supported open source package. You may have meant to reply to someone else.

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