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I've always found that to be a perverse incentive model. I don't know how to do any better though. Maybe shaming companies that use OS projects heavily into d
by d23 10y ago
I've always found that to be a perverse incentive model. I don't know how to do any better though. Maybe shaming companies that use OS projects heavily into donating? Not really sure how to scale that either.
- sratner 10y agoI currently pay someone else to host a rethinkdb cluster. I'd rather pay rethinkdb.com to do that, but they didn't offer. I am sure they considered it and figured it wasn't a good model for them. It is unfortunate that I have (with much pleasure) used rethinkdb in several projects, yet haven't had a chance to pay them for a service that would be useful to me.
- dkersten 10y agoI've actually wondered about this too. I would happily pay rethinkdb.com for hosted rethinkdb :-(
- pluma 10y agoAs I understand it, running a SaaS business is a huge undertaking in itself, so doing that while maintaining an open source database can be daunting and -- like any business -- risky.
- scandox 10y agoIt can be highly perverse. I took over a project that had used the open source CMS Composite C1 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composite_C1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composite_C1). As far as I can tell the codebase is designed to be as opaque and complex as possible. Any normal organisation will pony up the fees (between $1000 and $5000 per annum - https://cms.orckestra.com/Products/Plans https://cms.orckestra.com/Products/Plans) rather than try to really get their head around it.