Going open source does not save any project. It's just a different way of doing things. If the project is not profitable, it will still go under while being ope

Going open source does not save any project. It's just a different way of doing things. If the project is not profitable, it will still go under while being open source with a hosted business model. The question is does this sort of model work with _your_ project. There have been open source projects that used it just as marketing tool and then shut down the open source version when they grew popular enough. There have been those which have severely limited the open source version to get people to buy the premium version which is hosted. At the end you are dealing with locusts, they will consume anything of value to them for free without giving a damn about its implications to the future survival of the product. Altruism is nice, but it's not business savvy.