That's quite an insightful take. Open Source Vendor funds the expensive software, but the value they receive back is only accrued in the delta between the Open

That's quite an insightful take. Open Source Vendor funds the expensive software, but the value they receive back is only accrued in the delta between the Open Source Vendor managing as a SaaS and the end client managing themselves. It's like collecting pennies in front of a steamroller. Companies like Redhat and Hashicorp are different because they sell huge enterprise deals, but a mass market SaaS only play is a tricky business model.