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Elasticsearch and Kibana are now business risks as a result of the licensing conflict between Elastic and AWS.

Drawing on 30 years in free and open source software, VM (Vicky) Brasseur argued in a widely referenced post that the Elastic/AWS licensing fallout has turned Elasticsearch and Kibana into genuine business risks for adopters. ✦ AI generated

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VM (Vicky) Brasseur has been in free and open source software for 30 years and has been working with startups and enterprises doing open source & free software business strategy for quite a while now. We used Vicky's post titled "Elasticsearch and Kibana are now business risks" as a reference on this situation.

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VM (Vicky) Brasseur

VM (Vicky) Brasseur has been in free and open source software for 30 years and has been working with startups and enterprises doing open source & free software business strategy for quite a while now. We used Vicky’s post titled “Elasticsearch and Kibana are now business risks” as a reference on this situation. We even quoted her post a few times in our conversation on this episode with with Heather Meeker.

Elasticsearch and Kibana are now business risks

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