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I really like Clojure and the ideas behind Datomic but free without source is a trap, every time. They have to make money somehow, but they already sold to a bank. If that bank wants devs willing to work on their systems after the current generation moves on, I think they'd be better off going open source and to continue paying good devs to work on it. Everyone already knows lock-in is bad for businesses. Devs will seek non-proprietary solutions first, if they can't find it, there are already plenty of proven proprietary solutions they'll settle on way before Datomic. Open the source, sell the support.


You could look into http://xtdb.com/ if you want an open source alternative




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