Nov 14 2024 23 mins 3
In this episode, Ann Schlemmer, CEO of Percona, discusses the company's 18-year journey rooted in open source principles, customer-centric approaches, and performance enhancements. She describes Percona's solutions for major databases like MySQL, MongoDB, Postgres, and their recent venture into the Redis space with the Valkey project. Anne emphasizes the importance of offering open source alternatives to proprietary licenses, maintaining trust and value with customers, and the need for businesses to contribute to and sustain the open source community. She also touches on the future of open source business models, the impact of security considerations, and how the open source ecosystem can adapt and evolve in the coming years.
00:00 Introduction and Welcome
00:14 Overview of Percona
01:33 Importance of Open Source Alternatives
02:45 Challenges in the Open Source Database Landscape
06:43 Percona's Community Contributions
09:01 Sustainability and Governance in Open Source
15:36 Future of Open Source Business Models
19:55 Unexpected Uses and Innovations
