Nginx to Be Acquired by F5 Networks

Interesting to also see what aws is doing in response to some of the more complicated licensing agreements and specifically elastic search: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/keeping-open-source-...

The challenge for nginx was they raised VC capital so they were in a forcing function. Either grow revenue or get acquired. Could have remained an independent oss product for ever but alas no more.

Re: Nginx to Be Acquired by F5 Networks

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Post by tootie » Mon, Mar 11, 2019, 8:26 PM UTC

Interesting move. Big IP is a hell of a product on it's own. Curious to see how they add nginx to their product line and what this means for open source usage.

Re: Nginx to Be Acquired by F5 Networks

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Post by ClassAndBurn » Mon, Mar 11, 2019, 8:27 PM UTC

Nginx is an incredible product. I've used it at nearly every company I've been at and on multiple occasions its entirely saved us both via its capabilities and its accessible, robust documentation that we had to read at 2 AM while fire fighting. Congrats to the team on a hard fought journey.

Re: Nginx to Be Acquired by F5 Networks

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Post by imglorp » Mon, Mar 11, 2019, 8:28 PM UTC

raiyu wrote: post #5

With everything that is going on with open source licensing this certainly can create a bit of worry down the line. Interesting to also see what aws is doing in response to some of the more complicated licensing agreements and specifically elastic search: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/keeping-open-source-... The challenge for nginx was they raised VC capital so they were in a forcing function. Either grow r…

Could this simply be about losing hardware sales to this newfangled open source? A big F5 rig used to go for $175k, vs $30k-sh for an nginx on plain hardware.

https://www.nginx.com/blog/nginx-plus-vs-f5-big-ip-a-price-p...

Re: Nginx to Be Acquired by F5 Networks

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Post by clinta » Mon, Mar 11, 2019, 8:29 PM UTC

I'm nervous about what this means for the future of nginx's built in load balancing. That's been an important and rock-solid part of my infrastructure.

Re: Nginx to Be Acquired by F5 Networks

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Post by X-Istence » Mon, Mar 11, 2019, 8:29 PM UTC

imglorp wrote: post #8

raiyu wrote: post #5

With everything that is going on with open source licensing this certainly can create a bit of worry down the line. Interesting to also see what aws is doing in response to some of the more complicated licensing agreements and specifically elastic search: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/keeping-open-source-... The challenge for nginx was they raised VC capital so they were in a forcing function. Either grow r…

Could this simply be about losing hardware sales to this newfangled open source? A big F5 rig used to go for $175k, vs $30k-sh for an nginx on plain hardware. https://www.nginx.com/blog/nginx-plus-vs-f5-big-ip-a-price-p...

A big F5 rig is basically Linux with a CLI/admin interface on top.