Top 5 things to know about open source and the cloud – TechRepublic

Cloud software is impeding open source software companies from making a profit. Tom Merritt explains the five things you need to know about open source and the cloud.

Open source software has revolutionized how companies work, but cloud software like AWS has been making it harder for open source software companies to make money. When you can get cloud services based on open source software, there's no need to pay a company for the services around that software. Here are five things to know about open source and the cloud.

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In the end, it's about how these companies and the open source community adapts to change. Redis Labs and MongoDB are both healthy, successful companies, but the motivation behind open source changed for them and they had to adapt. As cloud services continue to become huge, it may affect other systems as well. If nothing else, it's interesting to see that open source software principles seem to be holding on during what is a significant test for them.

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