No more DabbleDB
by onlinedb • June 10, 2010 • Online Database • 0 Comments
Twitter today announced the acquisition of Smallthought Systems, the owners of DabbleDB. Their interest in DabbleDB is rooted in Trendly, an analytics program. DabbleDB customers seem to be in limbo for the time being. This is not very reassuring for business users.
On the company’s website customers are told that no more future enhancements to DabbleDB are planned, no new customers are accepted and “there will be further changes to Dabble’s ongoing operations”. Customers are told that DabbleDB will provide 60 days notice if a major change happens.
The major change has happened and DabbleDB doesn’t seem to fit the objectives of Twitter. The best outcome would be for some company to buy DabbleDB from Twitter, but the other likely possibility is that DabbleDB is completely discontinued, similar to what happened to Coghead when SAP acquired it a few years ago.
DabbleDB customers are advised to start looking for an alternative solution. Those looking for a free account can check out our review of free online databases. Business customers may want to consider Caspio’s transition program for DabbleDB customers that was announced today.
