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    Is open source a marketing hack?

    Marc Seitz
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    I‘m Marc, an open-source advocate. I see a lot more startups building open source. What are your thoughts?

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    Aleks Bochkov
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    Good question! Seems to me that it recently became a marketing trend, giving little or limited for free as open source and then opt users in to subscribe for updates or hassle free- hosted version they provide for money.
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    Marc Seitz
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    @aleksbchkv interesting observation! I do love the open-source Saas (or COSS) movement. In general I think open-source makes the world build better products.
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    Mark Curz
    Open source is not a get-rich-quick scheme. It's a long-term investment in building a community and creating valuable software.
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    Marc Seitz
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    @mark_curz it's far from get-rich quick or slow hahahaha. it's very much about giving back like you said to the community
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    Benjamin Patterson
    Could be, if done right. Open source gets you street cred, community contributions, and can be a lead-gen tool.
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