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Don't start your company as open source. It will attract the wrong customers (the ones who don't give you money but sure like to complain) and detract from buil
by throwaway984393 2y ago
Don't start your company as open source. It will attract the wrong customers (the ones who don't give you money but sure like to complain) and detract from building your product. If you can build a successful product, open source it afterwards to give you a competitive advantage without being a drag.
- mobeigi 2y agoAgreed. I generally don't have an issue with companies private sourcing their work when they are the dominant contributor to it. I have a much bigger problem with companies that do it that have benefited dominantly from the contributions of others. For example, imagine if the Linux kernel went private.
- jhpdk 2y agoI don't think the problem is with "Starting with open source". The real challenge is maintaining the transparency and being straight-forward. The setting the expectations should be clear. It should be like "Hey if you A go to an here and if you want B go there because that has X & Y".