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Re:Gitlab from YC to IPO by ZetaZero on Thursday October 14, 2021 @03:39PM (#28868964)
MongoDB and Elastic are successful because they are locking features behind a paid license. Does that make it a successful open source company?
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Re:Gitlab from YC to IPO by codetrotter on Thursday October 14, 2021 @03:48PM (#28869065)
GitLab has features in the Enterprise edition that aren’t in the Community edition don’t they?
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Re:Gitlab from YC to IPO by ZetaZero on Friday October 15, 2021 @07:55AM (#28876785)
Yeah, I wasn't trying to say GitHub is different. Instead, this shows a route to profitability for these companies.
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Re:Gitlab from YC to IPO by djbusby on Thursday October 14, 2021 @05:51PM (#28870668)
Correct.
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Re:Gitlab from YC to IPO by strzibny on Thursday October 14, 2021 @03:48PM (#28869073)
But GitLab is the same concept...
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