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Wow, that's very cool. I'm curious though, won't open sourcing all of these make it much easier for competitors to catch up to your head start in these areas?
by skrebbel 7y ago
Wow, that's very cool.
I'm curious though, won't open sourcing all of these make it much easier for competitors to catch up to your head start in these areas? I wonder what your risk/reward thinking is wrt deciding what to open source.
- krupan 7y ago(NOTE: I'm not associated with repl.it) It might make it easier for competitors to catch up. It might also turn some who might have become competitors into collaborators.
- amasad 7y agoSure it well. We have a lot of copycats as well. But as Elon Musk likes to say: the only moat that matters is the continuous pace of innovation and the value of open-source outwieghs any contrived barrier to entry.