Starting (and Sometimes Ending) a Database Company

摘要

Why does someone start a database company? Some become aware of being in the right place at the right time; they have the right technical insights and enough business sense to realize that they possess the right solution to a real problem. Some are on a religious mission; they are visionaries who see a better way and want to lead others to enlightenment. Some do it for the money. Sometimes, a database researcher gets tired of solving esoteric theoretical problems understood by maybe 1000 people in the world, and whose solution is comprehensible to perhaps 10. Do this long enough, and it's easy to understand the appeal of building something that will be used by millions.