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There is no incompatibility between Open Core and profit. There is an incompability between FOSS and profit but the motives of "Open Core" are transparent and a
by Entinel 4y ago
There is no incompatibility between Open Core and profit. There is an incompability between FOSS and profit but the motives of "Open Core" are transparent and always have been. It's always been a marketing scheme to entice people into using the full product once your business scales and I don't see the problem with wanting people to buy-in if they are using in at that scale.. I also think the "solutions" presented here are optimistic at best.
- josephcsible 4y ago> There is an incompability between FOSS and profit Red Hat says hi.
- Entinel 4y agoRed Hat uses a very similar business model providing managed enterprise features on top of open source.
- josephcsible 4y agoWhat software programs or features does Red Hat not make available under a FOSS license?
- teddyh 4y agoThey’re called “IBM” now.
- josephcsible 4y agoThey wouldn't have gotten acquired by IBM if they couldn't make a profit.
- teddyh 4y agoIBM could use the Red Hat Enterprise customer base to sell consulting services to. If the projected profits from consulting is large enough, no profits from Red Hat is needed.
- jhugg 4y agoThere are a small handful of exceptions. Many were in the exactly the right place at the right time. That’s not a repeatable strategy. I wouldn’t start RedHat today.