Horowitz: Monetize open source by commercializing unavoidable infrastructure costs
Eliot Horowitz · Building a $20B+ Open Source Business with MongoDB and Viam's Eliot Horowitz · Dec 13, 2024 · at 4:12
Eliot Horowitz, co-founder of MongoDB and CEO of Viam, shares his business model framework for monetizing open-source software platforms.
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“Both at Mongo and at VM, the way I always thought about it was, you know, the core product is open source, and that things you'd have to pay for anyway should be commercialized, and by making it really easy and making it the best way to use the product, you can charge premium pricing, right?”
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