▲ 24 ▼ Why did Adobe open source Magento? (self.nostupidquestions) submitted 2 years ago* by labbbb to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 8 comments fedilink hide all child comments ...despite the fact that, for example, Flash was proprietary and they, especially now, provide all their products by subscription?
[–] Vub@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (1 child) They didn’t, the community edition existed before Adobes purchase. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] labbbb [S] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Okay, but why then do they continue to support Magento (Community Edition) as open source? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bugsmith@programming.dev 24 points 2 years ago (2 children) The same reason a lot of companies support a community edition. It means that people can use, learn and become experienced with the product without forking over a tonne of money. This results in a larger number of developers, add-ons and community surrounding the product. This makes it a more appealing product for companies looking to build a business using it. It's the same reason you can use AWS for free, get some JetBrains products for free and often find community editions for similar products to Magento. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago It also prevents competition. Locking down Magneto would have resulted in a fork that could grow to rival the product Adobe now owns. With a community edition, the community has less incentive to fork. You can still use the product, and surely that will never ever change, so why bother getting to work on a competing fork? Then years down the line, when no competition has come to exist, when the industry has grown dependent on the product, they can start strangling the community edition. permalink fedilink source parent [–] labbbb [S] 1 point 2 years ago Magento Community Edition is always free, but AWS is not ;( permalink fedilink source parent [–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago why then do they continue It was already open when they acquired it, so the question should rather be: why wouldn't they? If they didn't want to do it, then they would not have acquired it in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] labbbb [S] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Okay, but why then do they continue to support Magento (Community Edition) as open source? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bugsmith@programming.dev 24 points 2 years ago (2 children) The same reason a lot of companies support a community edition. It means that people can use, learn and become experienced with the product without forking over a tonne of money. This results in a larger number of developers, add-ons and community surrounding the product. This makes it a more appealing product for companies looking to build a business using it. It's the same reason you can use AWS for free, get some JetBrains products for free and often find community editions for similar products to Magento. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago It also prevents competition. Locking down Magneto would have resulted in a fork that could grow to rival the product Adobe now owns. With a community edition, the community has less incentive to fork. You can still use the product, and surely that will never ever change, so why bother getting to work on a competing fork? Then years down the line, when no competition has come to exist, when the industry has grown dependent on the product, they can start strangling the community edition. permalink fedilink source parent [–] labbbb [S] 1 point 2 years ago Magento Community Edition is always free, but AWS is not ;( permalink fedilink source parent [–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago why then do they continue It was already open when they acquired it, so the question should rather be: why wouldn't they? If they didn't want to do it, then they would not have acquired it in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bugsmith@programming.dev 24 points 2 years ago (2 children) The same reason a lot of companies support a community edition. It means that people can use, learn and become experienced with the product without forking over a tonne of money. This results in a larger number of developers, add-ons and community surrounding the product. This makes it a more appealing product for companies looking to build a business using it. It's the same reason you can use AWS for free, get some JetBrains products for free and often find community editions for similar products to Magento. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago It also prevents competition. Locking down Magneto would have resulted in a fork that could grow to rival the product Adobe now owns. With a community edition, the community has less incentive to fork. You can still use the product, and surely that will never ever change, so why bother getting to work on a competing fork? Then years down the line, when no competition has come to exist, when the industry has grown dependent on the product, they can start strangling the community edition. permalink fedilink source parent [–] labbbb [S] 1 point 2 years ago Magento Community Edition is always free, but AWS is not ;( permalink fedilink source parent
[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago It also prevents competition. Locking down Magneto would have resulted in a fork that could grow to rival the product Adobe now owns. With a community edition, the community has less incentive to fork. You can still use the product, and surely that will never ever change, so why bother getting to work on a competing fork? Then years down the line, when no competition has come to exist, when the industry has grown dependent on the product, they can start strangling the community edition. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] labbbb [S] 1 point 2 years ago Magento Community Edition is always free, but AWS is not ;( permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago why then do they continue It was already open when they acquired it, so the question should rather be: why wouldn't they? If they didn't want to do it, then they would not have acquired it in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 2 years ago Magento was open source before Adobe bought it, Flash wasn't. permalink fedilink source
[+] TigrisMorte@kbin.social -7 points 2 years ago "Why do Corpos allow People to work for free to improve their product?" - OP, evidently. permalink fedilink source
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