CEO of Altinity here, also editor of the blog article. It would be more interesting to address the points that it raises. If you are an open source user of ClickHouse, do you really want basic features like object storage for tables or ability to delete data efficiently withheld?
This question is important regardless of who raises it. Projects like Kafka, Spark, PostgreSQL, and Kubernetes (among others) have solved it while allowing good returns to those who contribute.
p.s., We spent 7% of budget on marketing last month. A sizable fraction of our budget is devoted to open source contributions ClickHouse and ecosystem projects.
This question is important regardless of who raises it. Projects like Kafka, Spark, PostgreSQL, and Kubernetes (among others) have solved it while allowing good returns to those who contribute.
p.s., We spent 7% of budget on marketing last month. A sizable fraction of our budget is devoted to open source contributions ClickHouse and ecosystem projects.