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They are not developed by a 'community'. The developers who build it are paid for by investors. Those investors want a huge return. It's not open source, i
by botswana99 6y ago
They are not developed by a 'community'. The developers who build it are paid for by investors. Those investors want a huge return. It's not open source, it's bait and wait
- cutemonster 6y agoBait and wait and ... But what's step 3? Doesn't seem to work super well, hmm
- cheriot 6y agoMySQL was acquired for 1B. Elastic is currently worth 10B. Redhat was acquired for 34B. What's not working well?
- cutemonster 6y agoGood points. So step 3 can be to do an exit, when the software is really popular. I wonder what's next for Elastic. And mongodb etc. And all their users and customers
- yagizdegirmenci 6y agoExactly, when you take a look at the mainstream "open-source" projects, you 'll see that those projects are all developed and maintained by some people who gets paid to do that. (e.g. Kubernetes, Firecracker, Gvisor, Bottlerocket, Podman)