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Nothing against this model, but your website states “OrbStack is completely free to use during beta, but it will become a paid product afterwards.”[0] Also, th
by zxexz 3y ago
Nothing against this model, but your website states “OrbStack is completely free to use during beta, but it will become a paid product afterwards.”[0]
Also, the rest of the page implies OrbStack will be charging for any commercial use.
If this is the case, I don’t see how this is “free” in the sense that most people on this site interpret it. Have you thought about the FOSS model with support, maybe a Jetbrains style thing - adding enterprise/paid features on top of the FOSS stack?
[0] https://docs.orbstack.dev/faq https://docs.orbstack.dev/faq
- satvikpendem 3y agoFree can mean free as in freedom or free as in beer, most people even on this site do not use "free" to mean exclusively the former, or "libre" as it's better distinguished. It is well understood exactly what the sentence you quoted means, especially as they disambiguated it through saying it will be a paid product afterwards, so obviously meaning free as in the free as in beer sense.
- zxexz 3y agoOh, I full-heartedly understand and agree! However, I think referring to something as "free" when it's explicitly "free right now and probably not later" is a bit misleading. I doubt GP was trying to pull any wool over any eyes. In the enterprise context, especially, the differentiation is pretty important. Also, the page I linked does imply that it will become not free in the lunch sense of the term, for commercial users (already not free in the libre sense of the term, and I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that).
- satvikpendem 3y agoThey explicitly say free during beta and paid afterwards so if anyone misunderstands that, that's on them. It's quite reasonable to have such phrasing and many other products also have similar business models.
- zxexz 3y agoI was referring to GP’s comment, not the website. Otherwise, pretty much agreed.