The incompatibility of open core and profit
The author is the CEO of one of the companies they say has the solution to this &quot;problem&quot;. I guess they technically say that in a footnote, but it&#x27;s pretty far below the fold.<p>How can you criticize hosted cloud services for maybe not being open source enough, but then suggest closed source services with an open source interface as somehow being a better alternative?<p>How can you criticize dual licensing, but then suggest &quot;source available&quot; as an alternative?<p>&gt; Saying that “Open Source = Good, Proprietary = Bad” is too simplistic. Adopting this mentality leads to businesses that take advantage of unsuspecting victims.<p>I agree wholeheartedly with the first sentence! But I don&#x27;t think the author provided any convincing examples to support the claim that open core businesses are somehow taking advantage of users. Yeah, users should be careful not to unintentionally lock themselves into a SaaS that is _technically_ open source. Hard for me to see how _any_ of the author&#x27;s proposed alternatives are better in that regard.