Re: Is Riak dead?

2017-07-15 Thread Carlos Baquero Moreno
It is sad to see Basho dying, but good to see that there is hope that Riak will survive. Being an open source database was very important for academics to experiment and propose solutions. Not everything makes sense in an actual product, but the Riak developers and architects were always keen t

Re: Is Riak dead?

2017-07-15 Thread DeadZen
Lloyd, I too have a great distaste for the cost of those things. I don't believe that's how developers should be forced to climb the ladder for knowledge. Nor do I believe developers should be pushed to create most of the content for those conferences just to be able to afford attending. I defini

Re: Is Riak dead?

2017-07-15 Thread Lloyd R. Prentice
Hi Steve, Many thanks for your informative and comforting post. The program you're contemplating sounds sensible and, indeed, promising. Successful implementation and operation of Riak among enterprise users is in everyone's interest. Erlang Solutions has an excellent track record in support

Re: Is Riak dead?

2017-07-15 Thread DeadZen
Riak was and still is a good platform, with the potential to be a great platform. I am fairly sure I am not the only one whose staked their reputation on it.. The name is unimportant. The question now is where is the focus going to be put next? To ferret away whatever existing possibly panicking

Re: Is Riak dead?

2017-07-15 Thread Steve Roberts
Hi All Great to see there is so much enthusiasm for Riak. I'm from Erlang Solutions. Just to clarify where things are at the moment. The company Basho Technologies still exists - it hasn't filed for bankruptcy yet - although we expect it to. There is no grave just yet. We are creditors and s

Alternative to Riak?

2017-07-15 Thread Alex De la rosa
Hi there, As Riak's future is uncertain and despite I love it as it covers everything I was needing, I'm on the look for another NoSQL DB that replaces it for my project. What are your suggestions? Some of my requirements (Riak features) would be: 1. Master-less (all nodes can read/write) 2. Sche

Re: Is Riak dead?

2017-07-15 Thread Russell Brown
On 15 Jul 2017, at 01:29, Alexander Sicular wrote: > I'm not dancing on anyone's grave. Im a big fan of Riak, you know? I'm just > pointing out that there is in fact a grave and if there is any hope for a > Riak future the project will have to rebrand. This is the thing we disagree on. But l