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Hi, Great article. Wanted to throw out an alternative scenario: what if you arent a hosted saas trying to get lots of users but instead sell to enterprise wit
by agibsonccc 10y ago
Hi,
Great article. Wanted to throw out an alternative scenario: what if you arent a hosted saas trying to get lots of users but instead sell to enterprise with a focus on selling something like a distro (think like flavors of linux)? If it matters we are in machine intelligence mainly dealing with bank and telco.
We are open core with an oracle style licensing and support model. We have found this to be a great business but I always love hearing alternative opinions on this. Gitlab follows this as well.
Have you thought about an "enterprise version" with features that dont matter to startups?
- zeeg 10y agoThis is definitely a conversation we've had. In our mind, we think SaaS is the right way for our business to work. It lets us continuously ship, scale more easily, and in general provide great customer service and experiences. That said, if the SaaS model isn't enough, we'll certainly explore other opportunities, but we're trying very hard to keep it FOSS without creating a separate version intended for different customers. It's not because it has to be that way, but for us we don't think its needed. I do think theres a lot of software that won't move to SaaS any time soon, but that line is going to keep shifting.
- agibsonccc 10y agoThanks for the response. Congrats on finding something that works for you!