Is opensource under threat?

[Shawn Gossman]

I'm seeing less opensource and more SaaS (software as a service).

SaaS is nice until you can't afford it or they boot you off, then you typically lose everything at that point.

Opensource needs to be preserved but I fear we're losing it.

How do you all feel about this?

 

[Nomad]

Frankly speaking, I am not a fan of SaaS with premium features. You will be spending a lot of money to run your website. I am a fan of open source. If you run on open source you can run your website for a long time without breaking your banks.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

Frankly speaking, I am not a fan of SaaS with premium features. You will be spending a lot of money to run your website. I am a fan of open source. If you run on open source you can run your website for a long time without breaking your banks.

I'd rather use opensource but sometimes opensource isn't very featured.

 

[meetdilip]

People like to make money. And not all open source teams are people friendly.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

People like to make money. And not all open source teams are people friendly.

No. Many of them can be vile with their responses. Maybe it's because they don't make money?

 

[meetdilip]

I created graphics once. And they were responding like they were doing me a favour. This is when they badly wanted that PNG.