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bootwootyesterday at 6:45 PM1 replyview on HN

I take this announcement to mean he is leaving. So he's a perfect example


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kenferryyesterday at 8:09 PM

There are areas of academia where I definitely worry about this kind of thing, but not really database research (and in general CS is a lot less worrisome than most fields).

It's a good thing when industry is a competitively attractive environment for research, which is how I read this.