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Comment by gd1

It is very sad that they won't open up, and very short-sighted as well. I'm sure Whitney and KX are perfectly happy with their millions, but they are sitting on one of the most impressive software achievements around and refusing to share it. It's not even like it would cost them. First Derivatives could grow a consulting empire. I mean, look at open-source MongoDB. It is a piece of shit, and it is valued at $1.4B. KDB is finest thing I have ever used, and First Derivatives purchased a controlling stake in KX for £36.0M. It makes no sense.

Maybe kOS will be open-source. Maybe it will be the big one, Arthur's chance to change the course of software development history.

parent gd1 10 years ago

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