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Red Hat is both a great example, and a horrible one all wrapped up into one. They are the OG, but I'm very skeptical that a new project could take the Red Hat 2
by mattgreg 6y ago
Red Hat is both a great example, and a horrible one all wrapped up into one. They are the OG, but I'm very skeptical that a new project could take the Red Hat 2000s playbook and apply it in the 2020s.
Check out how Peter Levine talks about the 3 'eras' of OSS Companies. I elaborate here: https://www.ockam.io/learn/blog/zero_ipo/#peter-levine---partner-at-a16z https://www.ockam.io/learn/blog/zero_ipo/#peter-levine---par...
And there is a direct link to his perspective here
https://a16z.com/2019/10/04/commercializing-open-source/ https://a16z.com/2019/10/04/commercializing-open-source/
- kubanczyk 6y agoIn short: (1) Free Software Era (2) Services&Support Era (3) SaaS Era.