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  • www.bitsxpages.com favicon
    the broken economics of databases - by almog gavra

    Database vendors charge high prices but earn slim profits because they must recover large fixed costs, constantly innovate to avoid commoditization, and compete against cloud providers who own the underlying infrastructure.

  • news.ycombinator.com favicon
    IBM to acquire Confluent

    Hacker News commenters react to IBM's acquisition of Confluent with widespread skepticism, citing IBM's history of poor acquisitions and suggesting Kafka alternatives.