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How Open Source Has Turned the Tables on Enterprise Software
In the popular book “https://www.amazon.com/Working-Public-Making-Maintenance-Software/dp/0578675862,” author Nadia Eghbal created the following new taxonomy for open source projects based on user growth and contributor growth: The low user-growth solutions are often niche. The high user-growth open source solutions often invite competition if it isn’t already there.
In the world of cloud native and Kubernetes, open source solutions are the incumbent, the default choice for the customer. Here, the tables have turned, and the commercial solutions now carry the obligation to be compatible with open source projects or face many perils.
It is clear that commercial vendors in the Kubernetes and cloud native communities must embrace and extend open source solutions such as Velero or they will be “toying” with their future and sacrificing a seat at the table when solutions are being considered by enterprises.
In the world of cloud native and Kubernetes, open source solutions are the incumbent, the default choice for the customer. Here, the tables have turned, and the commercial solutions now carry the obligation to be compatible with open source projects or face many perils.
It is clear that commercial vendors in the Kubernetes and cloud native communities must embrace and extend open source solutions such as Velero or they will be “toying” with their future and sacrificing a seat at the table when solutions are being considered by enterprises.
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