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When I see a project of this complexity advertise itself as "open source' these days my first thought is the rug pull. Will this STAY free, or turn into an even
by stevenAthompson 2y ago
When I see a project of this complexity advertise itself as "open source' these days my first thought is the rug pull. Will this STAY free, or turn into an eventual cash grab one it's insinuated itself so deeply into your environment that it would be hard to replace?
- KetoManx64 2y agoWell your other choice is you pay for a non open source SIEM that's $10 per endpoint per month and cross your fingers that they don't do a rugpull and start charging you $20 after it's insinuated itself into your environment is hard to replace.. With an Open Source project you at least have the possibility that if it has enough users and companies using it then someone will fork the code if the company ever makes it closed source and keep the project going.
- mapontosevenths 2y agoThe increase from $10 to $20 is 100%. The increase from $0 to $10 is infinity%, but I take your point. I'm probably just still a little bitter about the recent Bitwarden open source rugpull.
- pphysch 2y agoMy first thought isn't the "rug pull" but rather that the real product being produced by the "FOSS company", from the get go, are the expensive support contracts. Two different business models: - Sell a great+differentiated product, support is ~free and rarely needed - Give a away a terrible product (usually an over-engineered CRUD), constant $upport is required to use it effectively