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Is this astroturfing? I'm not trying to be provocative, but this line was buried in the article: > Its licensing switch and the fact that it isn't yet profitab
by twelfthnight 3y ago
Is this astroturfing? I'm not trying to be provocative, but this line was buried in the article:
> Its licensing switch and the fact that it isn't yet profitable shows there is still work to be done.
My understanding is that Hashicorp has lost both money and community good will basically overnight. I don't see how that's an example of successfully doing "community first". It seems more like an example of taking too much investment, using that to "buy" support by giving away software and then failing to figure out to how monetize, so immediately turning your back on your "community".
EDIT: I don't want to imply anything negative about specific folks at the company who do care about community, just Hashicorp the company.
- GarethX 3y agoNot astroturfing, just my take - I have no connection to the company. There's a section that goes into the licensing change a little more, but in my view, there's a lot of great stuff that can be learned from HashiCorp's approach to community from before the licensing change that is worth knowing about. If anything it highlights just what they've put at stake by making that move.