[throwawayllaq]

The original way of making money with FOSS that folks like Hashicorp and InfluxData fail to understand while they push for unicorn status.

[pjmlp]

Except that model doesn't work for all software use cases, specially desktop software.

[kelnos]

Most of HashiCorp's and InfluxData's products are server-side cloud stuff, though, yeah?

[pjmlp]

Not when the product is a programming language for infrastructure management.

[RcouF1uZ4gsC]

> The original way of making money with FOSS

But at risk because a large company can offer the support as part of a larger offering. For example, if you were a large company on AWS or Azure, would you rather get your MySQL/MariaDB support through MariaDb or through Amazon/Microsoft?

[nickstinemates]

I think I'd want support from the people who wrote the software.