Our experience launching a paid, proprietary product on Linux

Re:Our experience launching a paid, proprietary product on L... by massysett on Monday July 23, 2018 @09:30PM (#17597453)

This shows you just do not understand either free or open source software. Plenty of companies in open source are "private companies compelled to compete in a free market." Indeed, this describes nearly all the money that drives open source development. Red Hat isn't running a charity. Neither is Google.

RMS is as fundamental as they come and even he has no objection to selling software.

People are taking insult from what you say because you misrepresent their position.

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Re:Our experience launching a paid, proprietary product on L... by dpower on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @06:13AM (#17599601)

"This shows you just do not understand either free or open source software." - Please. Read my comment above for clarity on my position. If you reject ALL proprietary software based on ideology, I think it's fair to say you have a fundamentalist position.

We looked into open source models and couldn't find one that made financial sense for us.

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Re:Our experience launching a paid, proprietary product on L... by oblio on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @08:26AM (#17600359)

Red Hat is the only truly Open Source company, and it's an important part of their branding.

Google contributes to FOSS super strategically and absolutely no "magic sauce" is FOSS.

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