[jackclayton]

This is true, he talked about this recently in a livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQh9es5gfpo

Disclaimer: I work for Modular

[vorticalbox]

Then why not just be open source from the start?

What benefits does one get from starting off closed and transitioning to open source?

[umvi]

Maybe you don't want the peanut gallery commenting/complaining/whatever about your architecture until you are ready (otherwise architect astronauts could inundate your comm channels with suggestions, comments, PRs, etc)