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Re:You use more open source software than you think by lupire on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @06:44PM (#27454279)
Why do you think you need proprietary software to run your business?

Especially if it's a hosted web app business?

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Re:You use more open source software than you think by parafactual on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @07:16PM (#27454621)
Yeah, I see a lot of ways to monetize FOSS.

Providing paid support a la Red Hat, paying for hardware/cloud space, or even paid binaries if you think your customers won't bother to build from source.

(Yes, one can build from source then distribute free binaries, but maybe those same customers won't even go to the trouble of finding them?)

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