Re:Open source takes continued investment, and that must be ...
by dragonwriter on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @08:44PM
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> That’s the problem: we all take this particular public library for granted, but there isn’t a sustainable model for paying the librarians.
I don't think the fact that RedisLabs doesn't have a sustainable revenue model indicates that open source infrastructure in general doesn't.
It's true that there are a number of relatively new venture-funded OSS infra firms that were built on a step 1, build software, step 2 ..., step 3 profit model. But I don't think that's an OSS problem so much as a startup culture problem, as the same problem is rampant in startups in other spaces.
> Then a librarian tries a creative way to continue serving us without starving
It's not particularly creative or novel; the basic outline has been tried since the 80s at least.
I don't think the fact that RedisLabs doesn't have a sustainable revenue model indicates that open source infrastructure in general doesn't.
It's true that there are a number of relatively new venture-funded OSS infra firms that were built on a step 1, build software, step 2 ..., step 3 profit model. But I don't think that's an OSS problem so much as a startup culture problem, as the same problem is rampant in startups in other spaces.
> Then a librarian tries a creative way to continue serving us without starving
It's not particularly creative or novel; the basic outline has been tried since the 80s at least.