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by bossyTeacher 751 days ago
Because of money? Once you open source, you can't go back without paying a heavy penalty. Also, you seem to be obsessed with growth. Saas is not an acronym for fast growth.

Open sourcing it will not necessarily give you signficantly more growth but it will give you more work and if it actually any useful, someone will fork it and make a better version then outgrow you