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   by masbicudo 12y ago

   Hmm... it seems to me that's a specific of that kind of business. But it's good to know about these failures, and their circumstances. Great thread. Thanks!
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   by masbicudo 12y ago

   We thought about using the framework and components to make an app and sell that instead. The only downside is that we'd have to focus on two things now: the open source core framework and components, and the proprietary app. On the ot
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   by masbicudo 12y ago

   My god!!! I've always been a big fan of Attlassian... but I could never imagine it was a $3bi business. That's a powerful example. Thanks!
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   by masbicudo 12y ago

   Our focus is in enterprise solutions for now... but it could interest individuals building web applications. We also thought that a good option would be to make it all open source, and build our own applications with that. These application
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   by masbicudo 12y ago

   I was thinking on making it all GPL, and sell services/support, so that enterprises could use it internally or externally on GPLed software, but when they needed to build closed source external software, they'd buy a license. Ther
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   Ask HN: Open source or closed source (business model)?

   10 points by masbicudo 12y ago|11 comments