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Jun 18, 2017 at 14:20
The Open Source Business Model is Under Siege https://www.influxdata.com/the-open-source-database-business-model-is-under-siege/ (good article arguing that open core and SaaS work, little else does)
Open Source Business Model is Under Siege [Video Insights]
This post is about about the existential threat that Open Source Database companies, or any open source software infrastructure, are facing from cloud vendors like Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. Watch the video as Paul Dix, Fou...

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