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Looks great, can't wait to see the demo, and the acknowledgement of entering an already crowded space. Personally I think many of the tools that are out there r

Looks great, can't wait to see the demo, and the acknowledgement of entering an already crowded space. Personally I think many of the tools that are out there right now could very very easily be out-performed by an open source tool. I sometimes wonder if killing another company's revenue by creating an open-source tool (that is as-good or better, which you generally strive to) is moral/ethical... I know it's not bad, but feels kind of weird to take their lunch Little nitpick -- the "In Beta" stripe in the top left doesn't really mesh with the rest of your style choices (neither in font choice, tone, etc)... I like the designs so far -- most of the sections look pretty good

shadowmint 12y ago
Open source isnt 'the enemy' that destroys value in existing software; if your software relies on being closed source (temporarily even) to maintain its competitive edge (eg. android) thats totally up to you. It can be effective. ...but if open source destroys an existing product, honestly, that product was going the way of the dinosaurs anyway. Morally speaking, free software unencumbered by licenses, patents and other cruft contributes far more than it harms.
pmontra 12y ago
They are destroying other companies revenues (but let's wait and see) and making revenues for themselves (they want to launch a PaaS at the end of the beta). This is what we call business and it happens all the time. Example: Apple and Google have been doing it to Microsoft in the last ten years. Doing it by open source doesn't make it less or more moral than doing it by close source or any other lawful way. Anyway, even a pure open source model would have been very moral in my humble opinion: it might harm one company but it lets many more companies lower their operating costs. One company performs worse, many companies perform better. Overall that's a good thing for me.

shadowmint 12y ago

Open source isnt 'the enemy' that destroys value in existing software; if your software relies on being closed source (temporarily even) to maintain its competitive edge (eg. android) thats totally up to you. It can be effective. ...but if open source destroys an existing product, honestly, that product was going the way of the dinosaurs anyway. Morally speaking, free software unencumbered by licenses, patents and other cruft contributes far more than it harms.

pmontra 12y ago

They are destroying other companies revenues (but let's wait and see) and making revenues for themselves (they want to launch a PaaS at the end of the beta). This is what we call business and it happens all the time. Example: Apple and Google have been doing it to Microsoft in the last ten years. Doing it by open source doesn't make it less or more moral than doing it by close source or any other lawful way. Anyway, even a pure open source model would have been very moral in my humble opinion: it might harm one company but it lets many more companies lower their operating costs. One company performs worse, many companies perform better. Overall that's a good thing for me.