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It is proof that building a proprietary business around open source is profitable. It is not proof however that being full on open source in everything you do
by kiba 11y ago
It is proof that building a proprietary business around open source is profitable.
It is not proof however that being full on open source in everything you do is profitable however I wished that to be the case.
- vonklaus 11y agoRight. I think open source software is great. The community, collaboration and transparency make it a great way to build and maintain software. It is not a great way to build and maintain a business. Github has struck a balance between open source and proprietary. I can't think of a successful open source company that has 100% FOSS. Can you? Would be really interested in that actually, it would be an interesting case study.
- plorkyeran 11y agoRed Hat? Of course, every attempt at duplicating Red Hat has failed pretty miserably.
- sytse 11y agoGitLab CEO here, I think Hortonworks is 100% open source. And we like to think that open core is a better model (making the core experience of the product open source instead of just tools surrounding it).