Thanks Pivotal, Hello Redis Labs
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It's interesting because on one hand you have a lot of leverage (redis would not exist without you), but on the other hand you have none at all (redis can continue to exist without you). I wonder if the redis labs folks gave up equity, or if there is some kind of profit sharing arrangement.
This is certainly a unique business scenario, so again, I'm just curious. Totally understand if you can't tell us, but I'd be interested to hear insight on this.
Or since you probably can't answer that, does it factor into the equation at all?
It is very clear to me that redis is a labor of love for antirez and money is not a driving factor anymore in his life. I am sure If it was about money, he would have started something like redis labs long time ago himself.
Personally, if I was as smart as him and created a great open source product like Redis, I would have definitely started something like Redis Labs to benefit from it financially. I am jealous of folks for whom money is not a driving factor.
Thank you, and congratulations.
It's not for everyone but neither is VC-funding.
Your value as a no-longer-essential founder does not necessarily diminish once you are no longer a single-point-of-failure. Some founders are also superior community leaders. Doug Cutting (founder of Hadoop, Lucene, now at Cloudera) comes to mind.
I think antirez, when I met him virtually... 20 (?! così tanti?) years or so ago, really opened my eyes to the possibilities that the internet offered to people who do not live in an Important Place like Silicon Valley.
Not that Salvatore can't still come visit us for a tech talk in NYC.
> In order to not stop this magic from happening, and in order to have enough free time to spend with my family, during these years I made the decision of not starting a Redis company
I really applaud this decision, and I hope it continues to work that way. Sometimes when business and opensource collides it isn't always as pleasant as it could have been.
Good job antirez
[0] http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/25/redis-labs-raises-15m-serie...
Congratulations, seems like another right decision.
I am in similar position, I run opensource database, and I will have to start company. One-man-show does not go well with most customer.
I do not mention name or url, since it feels bit like a spam. My project is (hopefully one day will be) competition to Redis.
FWIW, the culture here at HN has always been more accepting of a certain amount of self-promotion. After all, it started as "Startup News" and many of the users here are (or have been, or will be) startup founders, and everybody understands the desire / need to get the word out about your project(s).
Yeah, there's a line, and it is possible to cross it, but I don't think you'll find that people mind if you just post a link and the name of your project here and there.
As a new resident, I wish I were living somewhere else and working remotely.
However it's more crowded and expensive than many cities without any of the benefits of living in a proper city. The housing and services are throttled despite an ever increasing demand of more tech workers arriving. Prices go up and quality of life goes down.