When developing an open source product and trying to do a business around this is a tough ride, as competitors who do less development can do services cheaper.

When developing an open source product and trying to do a business around this is a tough ride, as competitors who do less development can do services cheaper. Open source strives where different entities develop the software together to the mutual benefit without a single company trying to push their roadmap, without a single company trying to grab all revenue. See Linux, see different Apache projects, see PHP etc.