Fair enough. Good luck then with 2.0. I just wish the value proposition is strong enough to inspire users like me to try it again although much has to change for that to happen.
I just wish I didn't have the feeling that the free version is just a bait for the SaaS.
Anyhow, as said, good luck.
The OSS version is going to fill a vital role that SaaS just can't do, and we view it as a critical component in what InfluxDB provides. I don't think we're ever going to get away from needing on-prem and on-device deployments when dealing with time-series data, especially for emerging IoT/Edge use cases.
No, the company recognizes that the success of the SaaS is inevitably tied to the success of the OSS product. The only reason we were able to give the SaaS more focus recently is because we already had a working OSS product in the 1.x line that was meeting the needs of existing customers that we were and are continuing to invest in.
I must say that if scalability is not part of OSS then it inevitably smells fishy to me. I am willing to pay to avoid the pain of maintaining or designing clusters but not because it's the only way to scale up.
There are too many options that allow to scale with OSS version now it's hard to justify it.
It's still a no-go for me.
Again, just take it as one person's opinion. I can't even grasp how complicated and challenging is to run what you offer. This is strictly user's opinion.
