The biggest thing you are missing is that it potentially limits growth. Most entrepreneurs I know want to create wealth far and beyond what you can make with a

The biggest thing you are missing is that it potentially limits growth. Most entrepreneurs I know want to create wealth far and beyond what you can make with a small business. You are much less likely to do that with open source, as you either have to scale service (e.g. people, your costs increase linearly as revenue increases) or compete on price (as you get more popular, your margins decrease as the market becomes more competitive) while maintaining the product. I'd like to hear from some people with a 10-50M sales revenue (not service) product per year who have made the switch, or considered it. Somehow I can't see it happening.