I will chip in my 2c here as we use open source Kafka stuff in production, and we use some of the Confluent and community additions.
Thus far we have not paid for anything other than cloud metal. The Confluent team seems super legit to me. They are making a lot of useful stuff freely available to the community. I think the Kafka they distribute is just vanilla Apache Kafka. That is, they do not patch the broker code just for "Confluent Kafka". They add things atop Kafka: the schema registry, Kafka Connect, KSQL... and most interesting for our purposes, the Kafka Streams java library (which is open source). I would recommend using their stuff because: 1) there is no vendor lock-in that I can spot (you can go on using only the free parts indefinitely) 2) these extra Confluent things are potentially quite useful It might be a little more convenient, too. You would be in good company running the confluent suite of kafka-related stuff. On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 4:03 PM Mich Talebzadeh <mich.talebza...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sure we agree to differ. > > That is indeed a sign of civilised mind to entertain an idea without > accepting it. > > HTH, > > Dr Mich Talebzadeh > > > > LinkedIn * > https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAEAAAAWh2gBxianrbJd6zP6AcPCCdOABUrV8Pw > < > https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAEAAAAWh2gBxianrbJd6zP6AcPCCdOABUrV8Pw > >* > > > > http://talebzadehmich.wordpress.com > > > *Disclaimer:* Use it at your own risk. Any and all responsibility for any > loss, damage or destruction of data or any other property which may arise > from relying on this email's technical content is explicitly disclaimed. > The author will in no case be liable for any monetary damages arising from > such loss, damage or destruction. > > > > > On Sat, 9 May 2020 at 16:14, Steven Miller <st...@idrathernotsay.com> > wrote: > > > At the risk of starting a uh-huh-uhnt-uh battle, I would have to > disagree. > > There are seriously good people at Confluent, many of whom have been > > pivotal to Kafka’s development. You can decide whether or not Confluent > > makes sense for you for other reasons, but I wouldn’t go for a blanket > no, > > by any means. > > > > -Steve > > > > > On May 9, 2020, at 9:20 AM, Mich Talebzadeh <mich.talebza...@gmail.com > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I would say stick to Apache Kafka. > > > > > > These days every start-up sees some opportunities to grab a piece of > > cake. > > > Often ending up re-inventing the wheel to create an add-on that mimics > > what > > > already exists and charge license fees. > > > > > > One of the most pertinent exception is Apache HBase that has been > around > > > for 10 years. It is only supported as part of third-party suits of > > products > > > on Hadoop like Cloudera or Hortonworks. The great Apache community > > supports > > > it and I believe that is the reason it is so successful and widely > used. > > > > > > HTH > > > > > > Dr Mich Talebzadeh > > > > > > > > > > > > LinkedIn * > > > https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAEAAAAWh2gBxianrbJd6zP6AcPCCdOABUrV8Pw > > > < > > > https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAEAAAAWh2gBxianrbJd6zP6AcPCCdOABUrV8Pw > > >* > > > > > > > > > > > > http://talebzadehmich.wordpress.com > > > > > > > > > *Disclaimer:* Use it at your own risk. Any and all responsibility for > any > > > loss, damage or destruction of data or any other property which may > arise > > > from relying on this email's technical content is explicitly > disclaimed. > > > The author will in no case be liable for any monetary damages arising > > from > > > such loss, damage or destruction. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> On Sat, 9 May 2020 at 09:46, wangl...@geekplus.com.cn < > > >> wangl...@geekplus.com.cn> wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> I want to know if there's any difference between apache kafka and the > > open > > >> sourced confluent kafka ? > > >> > > >> > > >> Thanks, > > >> Lei > > >> > > >> > > >> wangl...@geekplus.com.cn > > >> > > >> > > >
