Comment on Ask HN: What are the best open source products you've come across?Comments−smoldesu3yI don't actually like many Open Source "products". I like a lot of Open Source and Free software, but trying to turn that stuff into a product almost inevitably ruins it. Just look at Plex, or NextCloud, or Docker, etc..−KalpeshbhalekarOP3yTypically open source projects migrate to productising their services to have financial stability to support their community and customers.Open source can either be sponsored, have a Cloud version or ask for support fees, isn't that the natural transition for an open source product?−smoldesu3yisn't that the natural transition for an open source product?For the best projects, like Open Source operating systems and programming languages, no.
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I don't actually like many Open Source "products". I like a lot of Open Source and Free software, but trying to turn that stuff into a product almost inevitably ruins it. Just look at Plex, or NextCloud, or Docker, etc..
Typically open source projects migrate to productising their services to have financial stability to support their community and customers.
Open source can either be sponsored, have a Cloud version or ask for support fees, isn't that the natural transition for an open source product?
For the best projects, like Open Source operating systems and programming languages, no.