[cutemonster]

> 'the only difference now is these OSS companies are VC backed so they have to get huge growth'

That's a good point.

> their business model isn't about open source at all.

(What do you consider open source biz models?)

> OSS as the new shareware

I think I understand what you mean. At the same time, in my case using only the OSS parts of the open core software, has been more than what I've needed

> I watched a talk recently

That talk sounds interesting, ... If you remember the name or speaker maybe I can find it?

[pabs3]

> What do you consider open source biz models?

Something that doesn't involve proprietary software, so support or pure-OSS SaaSS. Like RedHat.

> If you remember the name or speaker maybe I can find it?

I think it may have been one by either NextCloud or RedHat, I'll try to find it.

[pabs3]

It wasn't the talk I was thinking of, but this NextCloud talk discusses various OSS business models and mentions the AWS vs VC-OSS issue, especially during the questions section.

https://fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event/gpl_and_business/

[cutemonster]

Thanks, I'll have a look, sorry for the late reply

[pabs3]

Another talk by NextCloud, also not the one I was thinking of:

https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/why-i-forked-m...

[cutemonster]

Thanks