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How is that ridiculous? Why can't nginx or MongoDB monetize its strength? 10gen was a startup and MongoDB was built to make money. You can keep a project "ope
by yeukhon 13y ago
How is that ridiculous? Why can't nginx or MongoDB monetize its strength?
10gen was a startup and MongoDB was built to make money.
You can keep a project "open source" while offering enterprise level of support. Look at Puppet, Chef and now Ansible.
The world needs business. Nginx is mature and actually deserve to run as a business. The developers are already consultant for a long time; they just want to monetize Nginx publicly, as a startup.
Are you afraid Nginx will become the next Microsoft Windows Server? I can't predict future but with 100% of faith I say nginx will be fine in the next several years.
I don't necessarily think free software == win.
- voltagex_ 13y agoIf I'm a small business that can't afford "enterprise" pricing and nginx starts stagnating because all of the effort has gone to nginx-plus, what then?
- junker37 13y agoThen you choose another open source offering or fork nginx and start implementing the features it's missing.
- pbreit 13y agoAnd that totally sucks.
- skj 13y agoThen you realize that they don't owe you anything.
- yeukhon 13y agoWell, in that case, you are okay with the last version of free nginx for several more years. If you use Ubuntu server for example, it ships with outdated version. A lot of companies use that (for stability and security reason). And I predict half of the developers will protest and negotiate with Nginx Inc. to get a fork version. Don't panic. I think it is solid enough for few years. What if half of the world is destroyed tomorrow? Well, that's a disaster.