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> what could have they done differently to stay afloat? Make a private (non-OSS) version optimized for Business (B2B), do external consultant jobs and pretty m
by SadWebDeveloper 10y ago
> what could have they done differently to stay afloat?
Make a private (non-OSS) version optimized for Business (B2B), do external consultant jobs and pretty much ask for donations from the big players/users. This is a common problem from almost every OSS project and so far the only one that is doing this is OpenSSL.
- saurik 10y agoWhat are your suggestions for this "optimized for business"?
- SadWebDeveloper 10y agoOff the top of my head: 1) An Stable "enterprise grade" version which receives fixes and minor performance updates for at least 5 years, maybe even charge extra for another 2-5 years round (just like Microsoft does). 2) Reports: Business love reports, if they add a way to generate reports straight from the DB (like Oracle and SQL Server) is a killer feature most of the time. 3) Customer Support.