What comes after open source? Bruce Perens is working on it

Re:What comes after open source? Bruce Perens is working on it by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @12:31PM (#38784259)

I bet you are not really selling the product. You are probably selling support and consultancy.

Basically, you are consulting for the company to solve an issue, and the open source is an enabler.

And $240k/year is what they pay an individual contributor. You are basically being paid for your time and expertise and not really for your product.

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Re:What comes after open source? Bruce Perens is working on it by chrismorgan on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @12:51PM (#38784463)

I believe https://community.ardour.org/download is the thing in question.

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Re:What comes after open source? Bruce Perens is working on it by kiba on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @01:05PM (#38784639)

Thanks for pointing it out. I clicked on his profile but somehow missed the details of the project he's making a living off.

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Re:What comes after open source? Bruce Perens is working on it by pgeorgi on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @12:52PM (#38784481)

One look at OP's account would give you "ardour" as a hint to what product this might be. 5 minutes of scanning ardour's webpage would tell you that the "O'Rly? school of Open Source business" blueprint doesn't apply here.

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Re:What comes after open source? Bruce Perens is working on it by PaulDavisThe1st on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @12:45PM (#38784396)

We do not sell support and consultancy.

Source code is freely available. We sell ready-to-run binaries, almost entirely to individual end users (desktop application).

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