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I doubt that. What has been proven clearly in the industry is that FOSS works excellently as a way for businesses to collaborate on common infrastructure. Linux
by tsimionescu 3y ago
I doubt that. What has been proven clearly in the industry is that FOSS works excellently as a way for businesses to collaborate on common infrastructure. Linux is by far the biggest success in this area, but there are also things like Kubernetes, clang, Python and others.
What does not work, not long term, is trying to build a business around selling a FOSS solution - RedHat is probably the only notable exception here. But having multiple companies invest in a common tool that they all use as part of their infrastructure has worked wonders.
- pjmlp 3y agoLinux - IBM, Intel, et al Kubernetes - Gooogle, Microsoft, Amazon,... Python - Facebook, Google, Microsoft,... clang - Google, Apple, Intel, IBM,...
- tsimionescu 3y agoYes, massive corporations who nevertheless don't want to take on the burden of developing a solution of this magnitude alone, or that want network effects so that their suppliers can't sell them bespoke solutions.