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Dear MongoDB users, we welcome you in Azure DocumentDB

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Re: Dear MongoDB users, we welcome you in Azure DocumentDB

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Needs more hashtags. Reach all those Millenials graduating $10k 3-month bootcamps. Sigh.

lol, yeah, this marketing piece doesn't really feel professional. It is littered with useless illustrations and bad poetry.

> Third, we do it with love…

With love for our money sure. What the hell does that even mean? I really rolled my eyes reading that blog post. This is childish and out of place for an article trying to sell security.

Re: Dear MongoDB users, we welcome you in Azure DocumentDB

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If you can explain your fears perhaps we would understand, because I still don't know why using Azure is a privacy trade? Does Microsoft "steal" the data?

It happens all the time, and also; when using proprietary software you never know, and that's the big issue (for me). I never use SaS or MS-products (I only use FOSS) so I don't fear for myself.

When has a SaaS operator stolen data hosted on their service?

Re: Dear MongoDB users, we welcome you in Azure DocumentDB

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post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you can explain your fears perhaps we would understand, because I still don't know why using Azure is a privacy trade? Does Microsoft "steal" the data?

It happens all the time, and also; when using proprietary software you never know, and that's the big issue (for me). I never use SaS or MS-products (I only use FOSS) so I don't fear for myself.

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Re: Dear MongoDB users, we welcome you in Azure DocumentDB

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Interesting... So compatible with Mongodb protocol but not using mongodb internally ?

What is your view of services, which provide functionality of some other software or SAAS and is API / Protocol compatible ?

Can API / protocols be copyrighted or patented? I believe not based on Google vs Oracle.

Re: Dear MongoDB users, we welcome you in Azure DocumentDB

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Microsoft trying hard to get developers to work on their platform and fail has really become very much fun. Microsoft deserves for being evil. Example: Microsoft does not save history in cmd shell(its so irritating for devs). The height of the cruelty is they aliased the curl and wget by default to its own program(do not remember).

Re: Dear MongoDB users, we welcome you in Azure DocumentDB

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You cannot look at the code, and cannot monitor the infrastructure. The only thing left is trust.

Trust in the belief that Microsoft will act in your best interest regarding the privacy of your data.

But, isn't reasonable then to ask if Microsoft is actually trustworthy? PRISM, NSAKEY, Flame malware propagating via Windows Update, their 0day policy... I don't think Microsoft is trustworthy.

Re: Dear MongoDB users, we welcome you in Azure DocumentDB

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Interesting... So compatible with Mongodb protocol but not using mongodb internally ? What is your view of services, which provide functionality of some other software or SAAS and is API / Protocol compatible ? Can API / protocols be copyrighted or patented? I believe not based on Google vs Oracle.

Hasn't tokuMX already put a 'proper' solid DB behind the mongo API?

Re: Dear MongoDB users, we welcome you in Azure DocumentDB

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You cannot look at the code, and cannot monitor the infrastructure. The only thing left is trust. Trust in the belief that Microsoft will act in your best interest regarding the privacy of your data. But, isn't reasonable then to ask if Microsoft is actually trustworthy? PRISM, NSAKEY, Flame malware propagating via Windows Update, their 0day policy... I don't think Microsoft is trustworthy.

People choose managed services all the time.

If you worry about interception, then code inspection and monitoring isn't going to give you any assurances. You'd have to run open-source software locally, audit it, and not put it on a cloud like Azure in the first place?

(And the NSAKEY was something completely different if you dig into it.)

Re: Dear MongoDB users, we welcome you in Azure DocumentDB

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

It happens all the time, and also; when using proprietary software you never know, and that's the big issue (for me). I never use SaS or MS-products (I only use FOSS) so I don't fear for myself.

When has a SaaS operator stolen data hosted on their service?

The question was about Microsoft, and it depends on the definition of "stealing" and the definition of "your". It's in the terms and conditions when using their services. As a user you agree to a lot, that you probably wouldn't agree to if you took your time to read the fine print. Many SaaS operators has also a history of selling data to others, and a breach of the service might effect all users of that service and not just one. Many companies have restrictions against usage of SaaS for exactly those reasons...

Re: Dear MongoDB users, we welcome you in Azure DocumentDB

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AWS needs something like this. The missing piece for the AWS serverless story is a database that is suitable for writing real world applications. DynamoDB is far from suitable for that task, which leaves AWS serverless with no good database.

Yeah, I dabbled in DynamoDB for a recent project - couldn't really get my head around it - very strange sort of NoSQL database. The query language is incredibly arcane and wordy, and mostly inflexible.

Thinking of setting up an EC2 instance running RethinkDB or PouchDB for my project (and for future projects).

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