As much as I'm concerned about the closed source nature of this, I think that the benefits it can provide are worth it because:

• Business analysts can use their standard toolkits to help us make better-informed decisions
• dApps can get off the ground quickly. If a dApp gains traction the owner can then either support HiveSQL monetarily, code out the dependency on HiveSQL or run their own hivemind nodes.

So, it's a yes for me.