From what I know Apple is a big user of Cassandra and Teradata for iCloud, iTunes etc. Both of which are very solid databases that have been proven to scale.
I am not doubting FoundationDB's credentials but it's pretty extraordinary if they are having scalability issues with either.
My guess is that Apple plans to create an equivalent to Facebook's Parse. Either that or this is an acquihire.
It could be a compliment for Swift but seems like an acquihire. Distributed db startups are maturing, market is getting crowded. Yes, Apple is a heavy user of Cassandra last time I checked.
Still a success for the team and should be celebrated appropriately. :) Startups are hard.
1. Why waste resources in maintaining something you don't intend to continue to support.
2. Given the litigious nature of the US, Apple probably doesn't want to deal with a codebase that could include all kinds of potential legal issues that are now suddenly Apples problem.
From what I know Apple is a big user of Cassandra and Teradata for iCloud, iTunes etc. Both of which are very solid databases that have been proven to scale.
I am not doubting FoundationDB's credentials but it's pretty extraordinary if they are having scalability issues with either.
My guess is that Apple plans to create an equivalent to Facebook's Parse. Either that or this is an acquihire.