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forensic on May 20, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why you should build an open-source startup

So you're saying make it very hard to install, very hard to maintain, and run on very expensive hardware.

Yep, that sounds like the business model we all know and love. Apache proved it works.

michokest on May 20, 2011 | [–]

I'm talking about making your offering better so you're the main choice, not adding crap to your open-source offering so it's harder.

jasonlotito on May 20, 2011 | [–]

See Mozilla v.s. Netscape.

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