Oxide and Friends Open Source and Capitalism with Ashley Williams and Adam Jacob
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Oct 24, 2023 Ashley Williams and Adam Jacob discuss various topics including open source anti-patterns, the fate of companies like Heroku and HashiCorp, open source as a tool for manipulating competition, challenges of open source monetization, and building sustainable businesses with open source software.
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Shift in Open Source Villains
- Open source anti-pattern villains have shifted from Oracle in 2012 to HashiCorp in 2023, reflecting new issues in community dynamics.
- Corporate behaviors in open source have escalated, showing more aggressive monetization tactics undermining open source principles.
Microsoft's Open Source Strategy
- Microsoft uses open source as a strategic weapon for self-interest, not morality.
- Open source acts as a check on corporate greed, as proprietary companies behave worse under monopolistic power.
Open Source as Monopoly Tool
- Open source can be a method to achieve monopolies through standards grabs.
- Price fixing against zero using open source licenses can be a strategy to dominate markets.