open source
2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement May 16, 2023 by Mike Perham · across every show →
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May 16, 2023 negative
Mike Perham: Unmonetized open-source projects inevitably end in developer burnout
“You start it with lots of excitement, You get your first couple users, and you're super enthused, and then the bug reports come in, you start fixing those in your nights and evenings, and if you're successful, you get more and more and more bug reports, and mo…”
Nov 25, 2025 bearish
Successful closed-source SaaS outnumbers open-source businesses 100 to 1
“There are so many more successful SaaS, closed source SaaS companies than there are successful companies that have been built on open source.
And it's not even like,
oh, it's half as many.
It, I would guess it's a, you know, a hundred to one ratio or something…”