Trust, Value, and Open Source: Inside Open Source Databases

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