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Comment on Ask HN: Is open source a must for developer tools?

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Developer tools is a broad term. My subjective opinion:

* If you mean code libraries (e.g. a licensing model)? I don’t think a lot of people would pay for that these days.

* Managed solutions for sure, most developers and small companies are happy to outsource anything that reeks of devops.

* IDEs etc, yup worth every penny.

Yes, I was thinking about libraries that may boost productivity and avoid writing something from scratch.

Managed solution is a good option, need to find a way to build trust at the beginning though.

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