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Yes. One (one!) gets there primarily via donations. All the rest are operated as small software companies which happen to have a OSS product available. To the
by patio11 7y ago
Yes. One (one!) gets there primarily via donations. All the rest are operated as small software companies which happen to have a OSS product available.
To the next obvious question "Who are you talking about?", I'm going to demur, because most people making money in OSS, like most making money selling SaaS (or anything else, for that matter), don't really see much value in getting that fact blabbed on the Internets. Information travels at the speed of (your liquid refreshment of choice).
- rajacombinator 7y agoCould you expand more on this point? With your background in the space, would be interesting to hear your insights on what proportion of SaaS businesses fall into the secretive vs. “any press or leads are good” categories. And when to go with one strategy or the other.