Ken Rugg

@thinkx @QuinnyPig @_msw_ Agreed. If anything, @SwamiSivasubram undersold the impact this will have on users of PostgreSQL. TLE is my favorite open source launch of re:Invent because it solves a non-trivial problem for open source users.

The best announcement today for me: pg_tle

My touting of Postgres is not new. At the end of every semester, I tell the students that they should almost always choose Postgres when starting a new application: + 2019 → youtu.be/XB53N2eIAig?t=… + 2018 → youtu.be/n75Mcv5iF7s?t=…

@TerribleMaps Mass exodus?

Every US state if they had an independence movement like Brexit

@ProjectLincoln But supposing we brought the sharpie inside the body, through an injection or almost a marking, on the lungs, and you're going to have to use medical doctors for that, but it sounds interesting to me...

A sharpie isn’t going to fix this problem.

@derekhenninger Zoom brings out the Sliwk in you.

A small benefit to COVID and working from home. Last week I did 4 hours of interviews, afterward realizing my fly was unzipped the entire time. Since the interviews were over Zoom I wasn't mortally embarrassed.

@ron_miller Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand by Primitive Radio Gods #oldphonesongs

I started thinking this morning about songs that wouldn’t be written today because phone tech has changed so much: Operator by Jim Croce Operator can you help me make this call. #oldphonesongs

@Jay_Judkowitz @salil Salesforce is a notable exception and it hasn't been disrupted by open source. Of course SaaS creates a different competitive dynamic to account for...

@Jay_Judkowitz @salil I'd argue that this primarily applies to horizontal infrastructure software companies, not "pure software companies". Apps don't have the same issue. If course most mega platforms (MS, Oracle, VMware,) are infrastructure since the create leverage in the ecosystem above them.

With @Salil at #OpenCoreSummit happening while I'm between jobs I finally have a chance to write the essay I've wanted to write for 7 years -- OSS has killed the independent software business. I say this with no judgement. It's not good or bad. It just is.

Whoever had “pure play Openstack vendor acquires docker” in the 2015 pool, please report to Ceasar’s Palace to collect your billion dollar payout. You’re the true unicorn! 🦄 P.S. congrats to @zer0tweets and the Mirantis team! Excited to experience the next open collab act.

Interesting analysis from @mjasay about the importance of licensing when choosing open source packages, featuring some of the research from @tidelift and @thenewstack: tek.io/2XbZpi0

Gartner on open source databases: - 15% of all DB spend by 2023 & - By 2022 70%+ of new in-house apps will be developed on OSS DB or OSDBMS-based dbPaaS & 50% of existing prop RDBMS instances will have been converted or be in process of converting gartner.com/doc/reprints?i…

🤔Gartner's @merv: "Paid customers account for only 1% - 5% of the actual user base for open source [database] software", or $261M of the $46B database market searchdatamanagement.techtarget.com/news/252472641…

Interesting research on geo-distributed #Database by @daniel_abadi dbmsmusings.blogspot.com/2019/10/introd…

More on #PostgreSQL vs #MongoDB #benchmarking: @ahachete just published a response to @MongoDB 's comments on our initial whitepaper: "Benchmarking: Do it with transparency or don't do it at all" ongres.com/blog/benchmark…

To run or not to run a #database on #kubernetes What to consider @google cloud.google.com/blog/products/…

Today #PostgreSQL is the 4th most widely-used database. But it took #MichealStonebraker and @JimGray nearly 15 years to ensure its success. A case study in the value of persistence, from @EnterpriseDB's #PostgresVision thenewstack.io/the-slow-climb… #NoSQL #OpenSource #MongoDB

v4 @MongoDB supports (multi-doc) transactions for the 1st time but, leveling off at 14 threads, can’t compete with #Postgres, a traditional #RDMS, according to an @ongresinc independently conducted benchmark commissioned by @EnterpriseDB—@ahachete #PostgresVision #noSQL

News from #PostgresVision2019 including a PostgreSQL history lesson from Michael Stonebraker and results of a #MongoDB vs #PostgreSQL benchmark thenewstack.io/the-slow-climb… via @thenewstack and @EDBPostgres

GitLab explains why they end support for MySQL. Kenny Johnston For "embedded" database use case supporting single database is typically best option and while not mentioned, PostgreSQL license makes it much better choice for Git…lnkd.in/e6ccvwi lnkd.in/ezEfCZr