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I worked for an "open source business" and eventually started to feel like we were just using the community for free labor while ignoring their needs Kinda sou

I worked for an "open source business" and eventually started to feel like we were just using the community for free labor while ignoring their needs Kinda soured me on the whole business model, if I'm honest. Quit and now I write proprietary software.

pabs3 4y ago
Was it a Igalia/RedHat/Collabora style open source business or an Elastic style open source business?
jraph 4y ago
Does "open source business" mean "likes using open source libraries" or "builds open source software" in your comment?
taneq 4y ago
Well it's either that or write software that's useful enough to business that they want to pay money for the features it provides, but arcane and poorly documented enough that they need to pay your consultancy fees to use it effectively...