| ▲ | jvalencia 3 months ago |
| I don't trust an open source solution by a major player unless it's published with other major players. Otherwise, the perverse incentives are too great. |
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| ▲ | stanleydrew 3 months ago | parent [-] |
| What risk do you foresee arising out of perverse incentives in this case? |
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| ▲ | jvalencia 3 months ago | parent [-] | | Changing license terms, aggressive changes to the API to disallow competition, horrendous user experience that requires a support contract. I really don't think there's a limit to what I've seen other companies do. I generally trust libraries that competitors are maintaining jointly since there is an incentive toward not undercutting anyone. |
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