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MongoDB CEO resigns to join Meta

366 points · 306 comments · diek

  1. xnx · · focus · HN ↗
    TIL MongoDB is a publicly traded company.

    I can't imagine the future is bright for MongoDB as AI makes it much less painful to move off of legacy and/or overpriced software.

    1. Hasz · · focus · HN ↗
      Oracle is still making a very, very healthy amount of money on legacy db products. Momentum is a very powerful thing.
      1. jjice · · focus · HN ↗
        We're early on in the LLM era, so I have hope that it can crush Oracle's business model. That said, your database is probably the hardest part of your application to migrate off of...
        1. esseph · · focus · HN ↗
          > We're early on in the LLM era, so I have hope that it can crush Oracle's business model.

          They're a hypercloud provider now. It may be awhile.

          1. senderista · · focus · HN ↗
            Oracle seems to be doing their best to expedite their own crushing. I wish them success.
            1. esseph · · focus · HN ↗
              > Oracle seems to be doing their best to expedite their own crushing.

              Ehhhhhh maybe <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cnbc.com&#x2F;quotes&#x2F;ORCL" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cnbc.com&#x2F;quotes&#x2F;ORCL

              As much as I&#x27;d like to believe this, they have their ways of making money.

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