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Amazon has announced its acquisition of DuckLabs, the company behind the open-source analytical database DuckDB. The founders, Hannes Mühleisen and Mark Raasveldt, will continue to lead the project within Amazon.

MyDataWork POV — Amazon's acquisition of DuckLabs raises a significant concern about the future of open-source innovation. DuckDB's appeal lies in its independence and flexibility, qualities that might be compromised under Amazon's corporate umbrella. The risk here is that the open-source community could lose a valuable, unbiased tool to the gravitational pull of AWS's proprietary ecosystem, stifling the very creativity that made DuckDB a standout in the first place.
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