Clickhouse was spun out of Yandex, which is a Russian corporation. Given existing geopolitical tensions, is there anything to worry about there?
Does anyone know how much of the Clickhouse team (or ownership) is still located in Russia?
Does anyone know how much of the Clickhouse team (or ownership) is still located in Russia?
They can show support by donating to UA defence and showing proof (important - not some neutral org). Otherwise it is not support but a bunch of bs
So, yes, words, but the potential consequences of these words have more significance than empty air.
From their "We Stand With Ukraine" page. [1]
> The formation of our company was made possible by an agreement under which Yandex NV, a Dutch company with operations in Russia
While Yandex NV is registered in the Netherlands, it's pretty clear that Yandex NV is directly related to Yandex (specifically, according to Wikipedia, it's a holding company of Yandex). For those who don't know, Yandex is basically the Google of Russia and holds 42% of market share among search engines in Russia.
The blog post does not seem to make any claims that Russia is not benefitting financially from the commercial success of Clickhouse. And given the above, such claim would unlikely be true. As such, I still think it's pretty much safe to assume that a portion of any $$$ paid to Clickhouse ultimately goes to fund the war and kill people.
That said, I sincerely hope they could find a way to stop that flow of money from happening somehow, as otherwise it's a nice technology and a great technical team behind it...
Show proof
Zero.
No employees in Russia, no ownership from Russia, no influence from Russia.