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This issue here is with new "Open Source" software companies earning revenue through hosting as opposed to simply providing support / custom feature development
by nartz 7y ago
This issue here is with new "Open Source" software companies earning revenue through hosting as opposed to simply providing support / custom feature development / etc.
It creates a conflict of interest when others want to host it, since it takes their revenue away. However, in my opinion anyone should be able to compete on hosting/support.
This revenue goes back into funding development, but places restrictions on how the software can be used - making it "Open Sourced, Closed Service Based Hosting" or something like that. Inotherwords, we need a new name for this type of software.
My question is - if AWS simply made it easy to spin up an elastic search cluster, but didn't offer a specific API/Service - whats the difference here? Very little.
- kemitchell 7y agoProviding support and custom development, such as integration, creates its own conflicts of interest. Support models create incentives to keep documentation sparse and the software esoteric. Integration models create incentives to keep integration difficult, and to withhold tooling for doing so efficiently.