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1000s of developers use Idea's IntelliJ, Webstorm and GoLand. Only the community edition of IntelliJ is open source. Software doesn't need to be open source fo
by websap 5y ago
1000s of developers use Idea's IntelliJ, Webstorm and GoLand. Only the community edition of IntelliJ is open source.
Software doesn't need to be open source for it to be adopted, if they have the right security practices and I'm sure for enterprise contracts they will have the right level of information available under NDA when GA.
- Kalium 5y agoEnterprise contracts also include clauses spelling out financial consequences of major screwups. If Jetbrains screws up and a customer's passwords go everywhere, I'd bet the contract makes Jetbrains at least a bit liable. I doubt Warp offers a clause like that.
- websap 5y agoYou're comparing a 10+ year old company with a company that has a product in beta. I don't think this is a valid comparison. I'm sure they'll provide enterprise level contracts and support for large installation at some point.
- Kalium 5y agoYes, I am. You're absolutely right. I'm doing so in order to illustrate what it is about mature closed-source enterprise software offerings that makes them acceptable to use. Otherwise it amounts to using a random binary blob and hoping it does what you want it to. Without any ability to check its internals yourself (short of RE) or any legal backing. Some might opine that that's completely reasonable, but I think many might find it an unreasonable risk for an enterprise to take. Regardless of how new the vendor may be. Again, you're completely right about the comparison I am making. I hope I've been able to clarify my reasons.