It's worth noting that between 2012-2017 'open source' and 'enterprise software' were synonymous. I saw many examples where VCs refused to entertain any enterpr

It's worth noting that between 2012-2017 'open source' and 'enterprise software' were synonymous. I saw many examples where VCs refused to entertain any enterprise investments that weren't fully SaaS and/or on-prem apache licensed. Explains why there was so much marketing hype behind open source; hundreds of millions of dollars of VC investment was being pushed into it.