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A comment on Some Thoughts on Open Core.

Re:Some Thoughts on Open Core by stephenr on Monday January 21, 2019 @12:13AM (#18957821)
I have a theory that open source which mostly targets business use could be funded by providing binary releases in the form of an apt/etc repo.

Small/Medium businesses increasingly seem to prefer to just pay for the solution (rather than say paying a staff member to compile, test, and distribute something open source).

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Re:Some Thoughts on Open Core by alien_ on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @12:24PM (#18970085)
That's pretty much what I also tried to do with AutoSpotting but very few people bothered to pay for it.

I suspect the problem is that the people who're using the software are techies who would rather enjoy spending some time compiling it and setting it up themselves, maybe learning some things in the process, instead of paying for it.

This kind of software would have to be sold to CEO/CTO folks who then ask the developers to set it up afterwards.

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Re:Some Thoughts on Open Core by stephenr on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @12:39PM (#18970271)
Right, I think it helps if it provides primarily a business function rather than provides something developers might interact with directly.
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