First, let me say I am a huge fans of RethinkDB and their entire team. The quality and beauty of their software is something to be admired.
I've been working on my 3rd startup for a few months and decided to use RethinkDB with Node.js. If you follow them at all, they are extremely active on GitHub and Twitter. Then... All the sudden everything stopped. No new commits. No new tweets. Complete radio silence.
I wish them all the best, and hope they can solve whatever issues they are dealing with.
> Slava @ Rethink here. Unfortunately I cannot comment yet (I really wish I could), but your intuition is right. We're working hard to be able to give a full account ASAP (matter of days). Please stay tuned. ... There is no legal action/litigation.
I love rethinkdb. I am about to launch my first ever production thing. Its built on rethink. Rethink is fucking great, I really have no idea what the speculation is (or what basis) but I hope for the best.
If we are throwing out radical theories; i'd say acquis/merger with digital ocean or gitlab. Who knows, but I trust all 3 of those companies.
Why would Apple need two NoSQL databases? I understand it is probably pocket change for them, but still. Did they find FoundationDB didn't work for them?
Why did the NEED the first one in such a way that disappeared it? Apple is just Apple; too much money to make complete sense. They were getting raked over the coals for their shite cloud services. How acquiring and sequestering RethinkDB was a necessity in correcting that situation is anybody's guess...
Well disappearance is just their way of acquiring companies. They needed a NoSQL because they have stupid amounts of cash and didn't feel like spending time doing their own.
But why would they need another NoSQL...
Well anyway, now we know they just ran out of money. They probably tried to so some last minute thing and so had to keep it quiet.
This whole incident is an excellent illustration of how much scam or scam-like activity is going on within open source. OK, I just read what I wrote and it hurts to read what I just wrote, so then let me try to explain why I would inflict so much pain onto myself and likely others.
If RethinkDB ever was an open source project then now there would be no questions about need for new licensing nor its continuity as an open source project. All of that would have already been in place. There are too many "open source" projects [like this] that pretend to be open source but are first and foremost geared towards making a profit for those that have invested in it. There is nothing wrong with making a profit and since there has never been anything like a free lunch, profits must be made because someone must end up paying for it all.
However, the accompanying commercial business plans must be based on added service that are on top of a thriving open source community. Those add-on services must not be replacements for at least basic admin tools nor for poor documentation, which too often is lacking because of the add-on services. If those add-on services can not deliver added value, in form of better quality and/or compressed development timelines because more qualified experts would be doing the work then there is no add-on value to speak of.
I have been personally struggling (at 55+++) to learn and keep up, navigating through all of these web development mine fields and a web development toolbox whose contents are just about totally replaced every year or two. Nevertheless, even I feel that I could come up with multiple ways in which I could make a profit, only if these tools would settle down a bit. In fact, are we all not here because we feel that we can do the same thing? So, how is it that those who were running RethinkDB as a business, with all that inside info and those $12 MILLION raised, that they were unable to direct a tiny portion of all of those resources into ensuring a sustained self-existence?
I've been working on my 3rd startup for a few months and decided to use RethinkDB with Node.js. If you follow them at all, they are extremely active on GitHub and Twitter. Then... All the sudden everything stopped. No new commits. No new tweets. Complete radio silence.
I wish them all the best, and hope they can solve whatever issues they are dealing with.