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You don't need proprietary plugins for that, though. To make the brand attractive, free/open source is best.
by hvis 6y ago
You don't need proprietary plugins for that, though.
To make the brand attractive, free/open source is best.
- johannes1234321 6y agoThe "bad" reason why they are closed: They have the open core, but with key parts closed it's boarder for others to build a solution on top of it, thus they can shovel more integrations with their services in. The "good" reason: Because relicensing of old software is hard and while they want to make it available (to strengthen their position in the developer community) See also my comment in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24048633 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24048633
- ClikeX 6y agoHasn't Microsoft been a pretty attractive brand for years on end while being proprietary? You make a brand attractive by offering a good product, good support/service, and then marketing those points. I try to use as much OSS as I can. But free/opensource isn't the most attractive feature to everyone. And I'd say the success of so many proprietary companies is proof of that.