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Market Signals
Entry #0417
Why open-sourcing a product is a competitive act
Giving away one layer of a stack lowers what anyone can charge for it. That is useful precisely when your revenue sits on a different layer.
Adept
The hidden part
#0417
Deciding which layer to give away is deciding which layer nobody can charge for. Firms commoditise next to their own margin, not away from it.