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simplehuman on April 8, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Wire messenger server code open-sourced

Open source is a development model and not a business model.

posguy on April 8, 2017 [–]

Exactly, the userbase and network effects are a potential profit source, the software is merely a means to an end.

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