…despite the fact that they, especially now, provide all their products by subscription?
Magento was open source before Adobe bought it, Flash wasn’t.
Why did Adobe open source Magento?
Submitted 9 months ago by labbbb@thelemmy.club to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
TigrisMorte@kbin.social 9 months ago
"Why do Corpos allow People to work for free to improve their product?" - OP, evidently.
Vub@lemmy.world 9 months ago
They didn’t, the community edition existed before Adobes purchase.
labbbb@thelemmy.club 9 months ago
Okay, but why then do they continue to support Magento (Community Edition) as open source?
bugsmith@programming.dev 9 months ago
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.
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 9 months ago
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.