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by joshdev 3639 days ago
Based on my experience with SaaS, those that do offer Open Source software, are only open sourcing the core of their product. There is typically a whole suite of tools and add ons that expand their core offering into something that makes it more beneficial for companies to just go with the SaaS offering. Deployment and monitoring are two pieces that come to mind.