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Re:Open-source and the demise of proprietary software (2018) by Edmond on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @02:53PM (#21874462)
It shouldn't be surprising that JetBrains is doing well.

Even with sectors like developer tools, there is a lot of room for creating value-added solutions that are proprietary, and that customers will happily pay good money for.

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Re:Open-source and the demise of proprietary software (2018) by jjeaff on Wednesday December 25, 2019 @11:00PM (#21881955)
I think it is surprising, especially considering the free open source options available that are not far behind intellij offerings like VS code.
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