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The landing page is uninformative. No explanation of what Q is. References ticks, doesn't mention what these are.
The About page is filled with generic words and no substance - so much fluff.
I couldn't tell if KDB-X is an exploit database for Defcon participants, or some other kind of specialized database, and at this point I'm so disappointed by this presentation that I lost interest in whatever this piece of software is or does.
Luckily someone else on HN figured it out and commented with a TLDR, but I'd use this site as an example of how not to design websites.
Context for people lacking it: - Blog announcement: https://kx.com/blog/introducing-kdb-x-public-preview/ - Product landing page: https://kx.com/products/introducing-kdb-x-public-preview/
for anyone else looking for tl;dr on WTF KDB actually is, it's buried in the AI slop marketing text in the blog announcement: "KDB-X is […] both a programming language and a database."
Context for people lacking it: - Blog announcement: https://kx.com/blog/introducing-kdb-x-public-preview/ - Product landing page: https://kx.com/products/introducing-kdb-x-public-preview/
Summary of the KX Community Edition License Agreement:
Key Points:
What you get:
- Free license to use KX software for personal or internal business purposes only
- No support or maintenance services included
- Software provided "as is" without warranties
Major restrictions:
- NO commercial use
- Cannot sell, distribute, or monetize any product that uses or depends on this software
- Cannot bundle it with commercial products
- Cannot reverse engineer, modify, or create derivative works
- Cannot remove copyright notices or trademarks
- Software may phone home to verify valid license
Important limitations:
- KX's liability capped at $100
- They disclaim all warranties including fitness for purpose
- You must delete software if agreement terminates
- Subject to export control laws
- KX can audit your compliance
Legal terms:
- Governed by New York law
- You retain no IP rights in the software
- Confidentiality obligations for 5 years
- KX can terminate at any time
Bottom line:
This is a restrictive free license meant for evaluation/personal use only. Any commercial use or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you need commercial rights, you'll need a different license.
What a confusing website. The website is named 'defcon', like the famous defense conference. What does 'defcon' have to do with Q? What even is Q? The landing page is uninformative. No explanation of what Q is. References ticks, doesn't mention what these are. The About page is filled with generic words and no substance - so much fluff. I couldn't tell if KDB-X is an exploit database for Defcon participants, or some…
Both the defense conference and this are references to the military term DEFCON, that stands for "defense readiness condition". Q here is referring to the Q programming language that is built on top of KDB's K language.
The website is a blog and learning resource for the Q language.
What a confusing website. The website is named 'defcon', like the famous defense conference. What does 'defcon' have to do with Q? What even is Q? The landing page is uninformative. No explanation of what Q is. References ticks, doesn't mention what these are. The About page is filled with generic words and no substance - so much fluff. I couldn't tell if KDB-X is an exploit database for Defcon participants, or some…
> The website is named 'defcon', like the famous defense conference. Both the defense conference and this are references to the military term DEFCON, that stands for "defense readiness condition". Q here is referring to the Q programming language that is built on top of KDB's K language. The website is a blog and learning resource for the Q language.
I just tried to install the community edition and it fails claiming the license key generated by the site is invalid. Not a great onboarding experience.
I ran into this than scanned up and saw some warnings about clearing your environment vars & re-sourcing your profile so it no longer points to the old QLIC/QHOME