Open Core vs Open Source
summary
Argues that the open core business model starts with open source but systematically exploits a support gap → feature gap → delivery lock-in, migrating toward proprietary control; cites MongoDB controlling ~99% of direction, Microsoft ~4,500 OSS contributors, and a survey where 95% call OSS strategic. Gives examples: Apache Cassandra used by Apple and Netflix; Elastic changing license to compete with AWS; Confluent as open-core Kafka. Offers a 100% open-source managed service with 100+ million node hours and a one-week free trial to spin up three-node Cassandra/Kafka/Elasticsearch/Redis clusters in 3–5 minutes.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:57Open Source
- 1:32Open Source is everywhere
- 2:31Open Core
- 3:13Open Code Model
- 4:03Proprietary Model
- 4:52Choose wisely
- 6:45Special Mention
- 7:46Who are we
- 7:58Our domain of expertise
- 10:00Our core offerings
- 12:06Platform overview
- 12:34Visual comparison
- 13:19Pure Open Source
- 14:14Wrap up
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