Retweeting because I'm curious as to others' thoughts on this. I can change my mind but I'm just not convinced. I reiterate my position in comment (it's too risky for a bootstrapped startup to try, basically).https://twitter.com/theshawwn/status/1231561284035833856 …
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There are many reasons a company open sources some of its software. In your case, it seems you can't articulate the reason. But let me give you one good reason. It's a trojan horse. You want other businesses to integrate your software which gives you an upsell opportunity.
There's an easy to articulate set of reasons for us to open source what we did and this was a very deliberate decision: Reputation and invaluable feedback. Worst case scenario? Business fails and we still have the strong prospect of finding jobs in the field.
