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Something along these lines makes much more sense: the other party got the insurance they want, your company got a non-trivial payment in the event that they wa
by blihp 8y ago
Something along these lines makes much more sense: the other party got the insurance they want, your company got a non-trivial payment in the event that they walk away against the customer's wishes. Both parties have incentive to make things work. That's very different than 'if we ever stop offering this product, we'll just open source it'
- abraae 8y agoI think it works well for megacorp clients too. A future option for a few million dollars is way easier for them to get over the line than some strange, and intangible open source scenario, when they don't want the code ever open sourced anyway.