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>It's really hard to make any money Open sourcing your code doesn't necessarily mean that you're giving your product away for free. The value in a lot of busi
by awalias 3y ago
>It's really hard to make any money
Open sourcing your code doesn't necessarily mean that you're giving your product away for free.
The value in a lot of businesses (most?) is in the distribution and my core argument in the post is that being open source actually gives you an edge here, especially in markets where your competitors are unwilling to take this approach.
- nprateem 3y agoBusiness value only matters if you can capture it.
- awalias 3y agoProbably poor word choice from me but when I reference superior distribution I'm assuming 'value-capture'.
- nprateem 3y agoI thought you were saying you'd have greater distribution if you give stuff away free, but in that case it's much more difficult to capture value from it. Everyone wants free stuff.