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by seanwilson
2357 days ago
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> Of course it helps, but I feel like we miss out on a lot of companies open sourcing their code if we only care if they build a open source community too. Personally speaking, open sourcing something with no intention of responding to interested developers doesn't feel right. > You still have to make sure you're a better product for someone to purchase, if you now so persistently want to run a company based on your open source code. You can still run a better product than your competitors. When you open source though, aren't you making it significantly easier for people to build a product better than yours? If it's a paid product that works without hosting, what's to stop someone just selling it cheaper or releasing it for free? |
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Everyone is different :)
> When you open source though, aren't you making it significantly easier for people to build a product better than yours?
If the only benefit from you and a competitor is a particular feature or something else that you gain from proprietary code, you're gonna lose eventually anyway. You need something stronger if you are to survive. There needs to be something more between you and your competitors than something that can be easily copied (like most features in most products).
Some companies focuses on integrations/synergy (like Apple, easier the more stuff from them you have) while others on other things.