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IMHO this "almost open-source" is even better because otherwise people wouldn't be willing to start companies around their open-source solutions knowing that AW
by d0m 6y ago
IMHO this "almost open-source" is even better because otherwise people wouldn't be willing to start companies around their open-source solutions knowing that AWS would just offer a hosted version and screw them over.
- pookeh 6y agoWhat I always wanted to know is what prevents Amazon to create a service 'inspired by' an open source project. Like...check the source, take ideas, write in 'your own words'?
- bhl 6y agoNothing. Amazon has already done it in the past. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/15/technology/amazon-aws-cloud-competition.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/15/technology/amazon-aws-clo... [2] https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/setting-the-record-straight-aws-open-source/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/setting-the-record-s...
- O_H_E 6y agoWow, shit. So much wrong in this world that we can't predict and handle ahead of time.
- Retric 6y agoIn theory patents, in practice nothing.