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So when folks say they want to see big companies invest in open source, this is what that looks like. CF could have kept coasting on what Astro was building, bu
by Seattle3503 9mo ago
So when folks say they want to see big companies invest in open source, this is what that looks like. CF could have kept coasting on what Astro was building, but instead they are paying for it. But in return they get a lot of control.
- skybrian 9mo agoWell, hopefully more like Go's relationship with Google? The company that pays the bills is their first and most important customer, but as far as I can tell from the outside, the Go team makes its own plans and management doesn't pull rank.
- Seattle3503 9mo agoDefinitely!
- knowitnone3 9mo agoYou know this because you work on the Go team or part of google management?
- skybrian 9mo ago> as far as I can tell from the outside Anyone with actual knowledge, feel free to chime in.
- ignoramous 9mo ago> CF could have kept coasting on what Astro was building, but instead they are paying for it. But in return they get a lot of control. Supabase pioneered the modern implementation of this model. Probably, RedHat before it? Google also tend to "acquihire" maintainers of popular FOSS projects, like Ben Goodger (Firefox), Scott Remnant (Upstart), Junio Hamano (Git), Guido von Rossum (Python).