On: Ask HN: Are there startups that went open-source a...

[yannyu]

Didn't those companies start with the open-source then build a company around it? As opposed to starting out closed then later open-sourcing?

[lquist → yannyu]

Yes, that should be pointed out. But I don't know if that situation is different enough to make those companies irrelevant.

[TallGuyShort → yannyu]

Yep - and I agree that's a very different scenario. They didn't (necessarily) open-source the product because they thought that would be the game changer, they saw a market connected to the project and looked at how to fulfill that market's needs.

[TallGuyShort → TallGuyShort]

Downvoters care to explain any disagreement with what I said or how I said it?