[bratsche]

Does it seem weird to anyone else that they're doing all this marketing for a project that's supposedly going to be open source? Why all the suspense, why not just release it? Or, if it's not ready yet, why not just finish it and then start promoting it?

[theossuary]

Half way through the document they mention their plan to add paid for features: "Raptor also optionally allows multithreading in a future paid version."

[teddythetwig]

Yep, that's when I stopped reading and closed the article. Why hide the fact that you are building paid software? Perhaps it was naive to assume that it was open source, but that piece really surprised me.

[FooBarWidget]

What problem do you have with open source software that has a paid premium version? For example, the Sidekiq gem is open source but they also have a paid Sidekiq Pro. Would you avoid Sidekiq too?

[lbotos]

They have a full drip with email capture around this product as they are looking to sell a portion of it. (I think it was a multithreaded variant.) I do agree that I wish the product was ready but I can't fault them for "following the playbook".