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Re:MinIO (apparently) becomes source-only by doctorpangloss on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @12:29PM (#45671591)
If they charged a cent, would people adopt it in the first place?

They still got paid for those free users. Via investments. Cash is cash. I don’t KNOW what the RIGHT business model is, I don’t run MinIO, and neither do you.

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Re:MinIO (apparently) becomes source-only by jamespo on Thursday October 23, 2025 @05:03AM (#45679779)
maybe they got paid in exposure
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