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424 points kaycebasques | 1 comments | 20 Aug 24 03:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.275s | source
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throwaway984393 ◴[20 Aug 24 12:44 UTC] No.41299559[source]▶
Don't start your company as open source. It will attract the wrong customers (the ones who don't give you money but sure like to complain) and detract from building your product. If you can build a successful product, open source it afterwards to give you a competitive advantage without being a drag.
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1. jhpdk ◴[21 Aug 24 20:03 UTC] No.41313689[source]▶
I don't think the problem is with "Starting with open source". The real challenge is maintaining the transparency and being straight-forward. The setting the expectations should be clear. It should be like "Hey if you A go to an here and if you want B go there because that has X & Y".